China Toll 166 in Grim Saga of Mine Deaths
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All the coal miners trapped after a gas  explosion in a shaft in northern China are dead, bringing the  toll to 166 in one of the worst disasters to hit the world's  most dangerous mining industry, state media said on Wednesday.
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Fourteen coal miners died at the   weekend in two separate accidents, while the death toll at a   third pit climbed to nine, underscoring China's reputation as   the world's deadliest mining industry.
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THE death toll from China&#39;s worst coal mine accident in four years rose to 129 today, the Government said, as rescuers searched for 19 more missing miners.
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Rescue teams scrambling to reach 84  trapped miners after one of China's worst mine disasters in  years pulled two more bodies from the rubble on Friday, leaving  the toll from the blast at 64, state media said.
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The death toll in a gas explosion in a coal mine in central China rose to 77 yesterday and chances of finding 71 missing miners alive were &quot;quite slim,&quot; the government said.
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China has punished 198 people for criminal violations and another 196 for breaking political disciplines in response to last year's fatal coal mining accidents. There were 476 lives lost in Chinese coal mining accidents in 2006 alone.
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A gas explosion has torn through a coal mine in northern China, trapping as many as 166 miners in what could be the worst disaster to hit the world&#39;s most dangerous mining industry in four years.
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THE death toll in a Chinese coal mine blast rose to 64 yesterday, with 84 people still missing. The explosion, on Wednesday in Henan province, was the deadliest this year in the country&#39;s mines.
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The death toll from a coal mine blast  in northern China has risen to 166, Xinhua news agency said on  Wednesday, confirming one of the worst disasters to hit the  world's most dangerous mining industry.
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All 166 miners trapped in a coal mine in China&#39;s Shaanxi province after a gas explosion were confirmed dead Wednesday, sparking riots by angry relatives.
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Zhengzhou (China), Oct 22 : The death toll in a coal mine blast in central China Friday rose to 64 following the discovery of two more bodies, reports Xinhua.
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Desperate to know their loved ones' fates, grieving relatives scuffled with guards Friday at the scene of China's worst mining accident of 2004. Rescue workers pulled more bodies from a mine shaft choked with poison gas.
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A gas explosion in a state-owned mine in China has left 166 miners trapped underground with no means of contact. Nearly 300 miners were in Chenjiashan mine in Shaanxi province when the blast happened on Sunday morning, but 127 escaped, said state media.
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The final death toll from a coal mine explosion in central China is likely to rise from 56 to 148, as those still trapped have little chance of survival, an official in charge of work safety says.
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The death toll from a devastating coal mine gas explosion in central China's Henan province rose to 66 as hopes of finding survivors among a further 82 trapped workers faded.
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The death toll from a methane explosion at a coal mine in Kazakhstan rose to 41 on Thursday after searchers found the body of the last missing miner, an official said.
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Nearly 150 miners were feared killed by a gas explosion in a coal shaft in central China, the highest recent toll in a cadence of underground tragedies in the country's hard-pressed energy industry, the government said Thursday.