Blast traps 162 as death toll soars in China&#39;s coal mines
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A massive gas explosion left up to 162 coal miners trapped underground in Shaanxi province in central China yesterday, in one of the worst mining disasters in four years.
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A gas explosion in a coal mine in China&#39;s central province of Henan killed 29 people and injured six more, state media reported Friday.
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The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine in central China has risen to 33 with six injured, as authorities announced plans for an inspection drive in a bid to improve shockingly low safety standards in the nation's mines.
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China News, BEIJING - A gas explosion killed 33 miners at a coalmine in northern Chinaâs Shanxi province, state media on Friday quoted safety officials as saying.
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CHENJIASHAN MINE, China : The death toll from a blast in a north China coal mine rose to 50 after more than 20 bodies were found as hopes of finding alive another 116 trapped workers all but vanished.
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BEIJING: All the coal miners trapped after a gas explosion in a shaft in norther China are dead, bringing the toll to 166 in one of the worst disasters to hit the world&#39;s most dangerous mining industry, state media said yesterday.
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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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The death toll in one of China&#39;s major coal mine disaster is set to rise to 204 with officials nearly giving up hope of finding the missing 148 miners alive in central China&#39;s Henan province.
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The death toll from a devastating coal mine gas explosion in central China&#39;s Henan province has risen to 77. Efforts are continuing to recover 71 others still listed as officially missing, although officials
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CHENJIASHAN MINE, China The 141 miners trapped inside a mine in northern China following a gas explosion have no chance of survival and are presumed dead, a local Communist Party secretary said Monday.
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BEIJING _ 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&#39;s
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A gas explosion today in a coal mine in central China has left 187 miners trapped, the government said. The accident occurred at 7:20am (11.20pm Irish time Saturday) in the state-owned Chenjiashan coal mine
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Beijing, December 10. KAZINFORM - At least 33 miners were killed when a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in north China in the latest disaster to strike the country&#39;s accident-prone mining industry, the state media reported.
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BEIJING : Thirty-three workers have been killed in the latest gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine, once again highlighting the appalling safety standards blighting the industry.
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A gas explosion in a crowded coal mine  in China killed at least 60 people and left 88 missing with  little hope of surviving the country's most serious mine  accident in years.
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At least 25 miners were killed following a major gas explosion at the Chenjiashan Coalmine in Shaanxi Province at 7:20 am Sunday, and 141 remained trapped underground, said rescuers at the site early Monday.
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A coal mine blast killed at least 33  miners in central China, the government said on Friday, in the  latest in a grim cycle of accidents in the world's biggest and  most dangerous mining industry.