Coal Mine Workers Trapped

Nearly 50 coalminers were trapped hundreds of metres below ground on Friday after an unexplained blast tore through a mine in northern Turkey.

Three people, who were trapped following an accident in a mine of the state-run Singareni Collieries in Peddapalli district of Telangana, were found dead, the organisation said on Wednesday.

Twenty workers were saved and two bodies recovered on Friday from a flooded coal mine after a dramatic rescue operation lasting over two days, officials said.

Rescue operations were underway on Tuesday to trace at least five migrant workers from Assam and Tripura who were trapped inside a rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district, officials said.

Five labourers have been trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills since Sunday after a dynamite explosion caused a breach in the walls of the 'rat hole' mine, police said, adding water had rushed inside.

Sixteen workers died and one is in a critical condition after being trapped underground in a coal mine in southwest China on Sunday, reported state broadcaster CCTV.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team on Thursday has recovered the body of one person, who was trapped along with two others, from a coal mine in Asansol's Kulti area.

A 58-year-old coal miner was killed Monday allegedly after being trapped in an underground mine at the Barka-Sayal area of Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) in Ramgarh, police said.

As rescue workers have failed to find even a single of the over 15 miners trapped in Meghalaya's rat-hole mine since December 13, the Supreme Court said the hunt must continue as "miracles do happen".

Rescue workers are racing against time to reach the 15 men trapped inside a flooded 320-feet coal mine in Meghalaya for the last 16 days. Navy divers and trucks loaded with high-power pumps made their way to the mine in a remote region in the state's East Jaintia Hills district. Rescue operations were suspended on Monday, after the low-powered pump...

The efforts to locate 13 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district have been called off for the day.

Chinese authorities have dispatched rescue workers to save miners trapped after an accident at a coal mine in the eastern province of Shandong late on Saturday, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.

As many as 21 workers trapped in a coal mine in China after an explosion four days ago were today confirmed dead while one was still trapped.

Around 45 workers who were trapped in a coal mine in West Bengal for over 12 hours have been rescued.

At least 24 workers were trapped after water flooded a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province.

Nearly 50 coalminers were trapped hundreds of metres below ground on Friday after an unexplained blast tore through a mine in northern Turkey.

Three people, who were trapped following an accident in a mine of the state-run Singareni Collieries in Peddapalli district of Telangana, were found dead, the organisation said on Wednesday.

Twenty workers were saved and two bodies recovered on Friday from a flooded coal mine after a dramatic rescue operation lasting over two days, officials said.

Rescue operations were underway on Tuesday to trace at least five migrant workers from Assam and Tripura who were trapped inside a rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia district, officials said.

Five labourers have been trapped inside an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills since Sunday after a dynamite explosion caused a breach in the walls of the 'rat hole' mine, police said, adding water had rushed inside.

Sixteen workers died and one is in a critical condition after being trapped underground in a coal mine in southwest China on Sunday, reported state broadcaster CCTV.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team on Thursday has recovered the body of one person, who was trapped along with two others, from a coal mine in Asansol's Kulti area.

A 58-year-old coal miner was killed Monday allegedly after being trapped in an underground mine at the Barka-Sayal area of Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) in Ramgarh, police said.

As rescue workers have failed to find even a single of the over 15 miners trapped in Meghalaya's rat-hole mine since December 13, the Supreme Court said the hunt must continue as "miracles do happen".

Rescue workers are racing against time to reach the 15 men trapped inside a flooded 320-feet coal mine in Meghalaya for the last 16 days. Navy divers and trucks loaded with high-power pumps made their way to the mine in a remote region in the state's East Jaintia Hills district. Rescue operations were suspended on Monday, after the low-powered pump...

The efforts to locate 13 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district have been called off for the day.

Chinese authorities have dispatched rescue workers to save miners trapped after an accident at a coal mine in the eastern province of Shandong late on Saturday, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.

As many as 21 workers trapped in a coal mine in China after an explosion four days ago were today confirmed dead while one was still trapped.

Around 45 workers who were trapped in a coal mine in West Bengal for over 12 hours have been rescued.

At least 24 workers were trapped after water flooded a coal mine in north China's Shanxi Province.