Coal Miners Trapped China

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.

Eight miners have been rescued and 21 remain trapped in a coal mine that flooded in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, state-backed newspaper China Daily reported on Sunday citing local authorities.

Twenty-three people died after being trapped in a mine in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the region's second such accident in just over two months.

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.

Twenty-two miners were trapped following a coal mine accident in China's Shandong province, authorities reported on Sunday.

Hundreds of rescuers were struggling to find 15 coal miners still trapped a day after a gas explosion killed 18 of their colleagues in western China.

At least 17 miners were trapped after a blast in a coal mine in Xinjiang region of northwest China.

Twelve miners were killed and three others remained trapped in a private coal mine accident in northeast China on Wednesday.

A coal mine accident in China's southwest killed 18 workers and trapped five more on Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has killed 19 miners and trapped dozens more, state media reported on Thursday. The Xiaojiawan coal mine in Sichuan province's coal-rich Panzhihua city exploded on Wednesday evening with 152 miners inside, Central China Television said.

Hundreds of rescuers took turns descending into an illegally operated coal mine Thursday to search for 23 Chinese miners trapped by a gas leak that killed 20 others, in the country's second deadly mining accident in less than a week.

All 13 mine workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in China's Heilongjiang Province have been confirmed dead, local authorities said today. The bodies of the 13 miners who died in the October 11 flood of Jindi Coal Mine in Jidong County had all been retrieved by today after nearly two weeks of rescue efforts, said Fang Dongchu, director of the muni...

Eleven miners were trapped underground on Sunday after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest China, local officials said.

After two weeks of efforts, the Chinese authorities today terminated their operations to rescue 23 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in Guizhou Province after concluding that they were unlikely to be alive.

Rescuers battled dangerous levels of gas, tons of coal dust and the risk of falling rocks as they worked to free 16 miners trapped by an explosion at a mine in central China early Saturday. Twenty-one miners were confirmed killed.The blast happened as the world still was celebrating Chile's dramatically successful rescue of 33 miners trapped more t...

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.

Eight miners have been rescued and 21 remain trapped in a coal mine that flooded in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, state-backed newspaper China Daily reported on Sunday citing local authorities.

Twenty-three people died after being trapped in a mine in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, the region's second such accident in just over two months.

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.

Twenty-two miners were trapped following a coal mine accident in China's Shandong province, authorities reported on Sunday.

Hundreds of rescuers were struggling to find 15 coal miners still trapped a day after a gas explosion killed 18 of their colleagues in western China.

At least 17 miners were trapped after a blast in a coal mine in Xinjiang region of northwest China.

Twelve miners were killed and three others remained trapped in a private coal mine accident in northeast China on Wednesday.

A coal mine accident in China's southwest killed 18 workers and trapped five more on Saturday, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has killed 19 miners and trapped dozens more, state media reported on Thursday. The Xiaojiawan coal mine in Sichuan province's coal-rich Panzhihua city exploded on Wednesday evening with 152 miners inside, Central China Television said.

Hundreds of rescuers took turns descending into an illegally operated coal mine Thursday to search for 23 Chinese miners trapped by a gas leak that killed 20 others, in the country's second deadly mining accident in less than a week.

All 13 mine workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in China's Heilongjiang Province have been confirmed dead, local authorities said today. The bodies of the 13 miners who died in the October 11 flood of Jindi Coal Mine in Jidong County had all been retrieved by today after nearly two weeks of rescue efforts, said Fang Dongchu, director of the muni...

Eleven miners were trapped underground on Sunday after a gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northwest China, local officials said.

After two weeks of efforts, the Chinese authorities today terminated their operations to rescue 23 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in Guizhou Province after concluding that they were unlikely to be alive.

Rescuers battled dangerous levels of gas, tons of coal dust and the risk of falling rocks as they worked to free 16 miners trapped by an explosion at a mine in central China early Saturday. Twenty-one miners were confirmed killed.The blast happened as the world still was celebrating Chile's dramatically successful rescue of 33 miners trapped more t...