Mine Collapse In China

The collapse of a coal mine in northern China last month left a total of 53 people "missing or dead", a top official has said, as search and rescue work appeared to come to an end.

At least two people have died and more than 50 are missing after a coal mine collapsed in northern China's Inner Mongolia region today, state media reported.

Rescuers were working Sunday to reach 18 people trapped underground after a cave-in at a gold mine in northwest China's Xinjiang region, state media reported.

The death toll in a coal mine roof collapse in northern China has risen to 21 after rescuers found two more miners dead on Sunday, state media reported.

Four miners trapped underground for 36 days in a collapsed Chinese gypsum mine were pulled out late Friday, a rescue hailed as a "miracle" in a country with a poor track record on industrial accidents.

Four miners who had been trapped underground for 36 days in a collapsed Chinese gypsum mine have been rescued, state media reported Friday.

Rescuers have dropped provisions to four Chinese mine workers trapped for 10 days in a wrecked gypsum mine and are slowly drilling a route to save them, state media said today.

Rescuers using infrared cameras to peer into darkness at a wrecked mine in eastern China today found eight surviving miners who were trapped for five days after a collapse so violent it registered as a seismic event.

Chinese rescuers pulled 11 workers to safety and located another 18 who were trapped after a mine collapsed in the eastern province of Shandong, state media said today.

A coal mine shaft collapsed in northwestern China, killing 16 miners, China's official news agency said on Saturday.

A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 50 people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted.

The collapse of a coal mine in northern China last month left a total of 53 people "missing or dead", a top official has said, as search and rescue work appeared to come to an end.

At least two people have died and more than 50 are missing after a coal mine collapsed in northern China's Inner Mongolia region today, state media reported.

Rescuers were working Sunday to reach 18 people trapped underground after a cave-in at a gold mine in northwest China's Xinjiang region, state media reported.

The death toll in a coal mine roof collapse in northern China has risen to 21 after rescuers found two more miners dead on Sunday, state media reported.

Four miners trapped underground for 36 days in a collapsed Chinese gypsum mine were pulled out late Friday, a rescue hailed as a "miracle" in a country with a poor track record on industrial accidents.

Four miners who had been trapped underground for 36 days in a collapsed Chinese gypsum mine have been rescued, state media reported Friday.

Rescuers have dropped provisions to four Chinese mine workers trapped for 10 days in a wrecked gypsum mine and are slowly drilling a route to save them, state media said today.

Rescuers using infrared cameras to peer into darkness at a wrecked mine in eastern China today found eight surviving miners who were trapped for five days after a collapse so violent it registered as a seismic event.

Chinese rescuers pulled 11 workers to safety and located another 18 who were trapped after a mine collapsed in the eastern province of Shandong, state media said today.

A coal mine shaft collapsed in northwestern China, killing 16 miners, China's official news agency said on Saturday.

A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 50 people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was preventing rescuers from reaching some outlying areas, and communications were disrupted.