Wednesday, 05 Oct 2011
Xinhua News Agency reported that an explosion in a coal mine has killed at least 13 workers and 5 other workers are missing after the blast Tuesday in a mine in the southwestern province of Guizhou.
It said that 13 miners managed to escape, but three of those died in a hospital.
It did not give a cause for the blast.
Mr Min Luming secretary of the Communist Party of China of Libo County said the accident occurred at around 7 AM at Anping Coal Mine which is located in the Lihua Township in Libo County.
Rescue efforts are under way.
(Sourced from Xinhua)
Showing posts with label Coal Mine Safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coal Mine Safety. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Four dead in Mexican coal mine collapse
MEXICO CITY Aug26 (Reuters) - Four miners were killed when a coal mine collapsed in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila on Friday, a senior government official said.
Labor Minister Javier Lozano said in a Twitter message the fourth body was recovered late on Friday and an extraordinary inspection of the mine was underway.
About 132 miners were working in the Esmeralda mine run by Minera del Norte, an affiliate of steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico, when the accident happened.
"I believe in all honesty that they are presumably dead," Lozano told a Mexican radio station shortly before rescuers began pulling bodies from the mine.
In May, 14 workers were killed in an explosion at another coal mine in the northern Mexican state.
Lozano said officials will investigate to ensure there were no violations at the large-scale mine in San Juan de Sabinas, about 78 miles (127 km) south of the U.S. border.
Altos, among the biggest steelmakers in Mexico, said it sent 66 rescue workers to the collapsed mine.
Labor Minister Javier Lozano said in a Twitter message the fourth body was recovered late on Friday and an extraordinary inspection of the mine was underway.
About 132 miners were working in the Esmeralda mine run by Minera del Norte, an affiliate of steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico, when the accident happened.
"I believe in all honesty that they are presumably dead," Lozano told a Mexican radio station shortly before rescuers began pulling bodies from the mine.
In May, 14 workers were killed in an explosion at another coal mine in the northern Mexican state.
Lozano said officials will investigate to ensure there were no violations at the large-scale mine in San Juan de Sabinas, about 78 miles (127 km) south of the U.S. border.
Altos, among the biggest steelmakers in Mexico, said it sent 66 rescue workers to the collapsed mine.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Eleventh body pulled from collapsed Mexico mine
Sat May 7, 2011 3:20pm GMT
MEXICO CITY May 7 (Reuters) - Rescuers recovered an 11th body from a collapsed coal mine in northern Mexico late on Friday and kept searching for three more missing bodies.
Rescuers are digging around the clock to remove rubble in the shallow mine shaft that collapsed on Tuesday after a methane gas explosion outside the town of Sabinas in the desert state of Coahuila, which borders Texas.
All 14 miners lost in the explosion are presumed dead.
Labor Minister Javier Lozano said on Twitter that the 11th body was recovered just before midnight on Friday.
Mexico has been a leading minerals exporter for centuries and expects $4 billion in investment in its mining industry this year. But smaller mines often escape inspection and bypass many basic safety standards. (Reporting by Elinor Comlay, sourced Thomson Reuters)
MEXICO CITY May 7 (Reuters) - Rescuers recovered an 11th body from a collapsed coal mine in northern Mexico late on Friday and kept searching for three more missing bodies.
Rescuers are digging around the clock to remove rubble in the shallow mine shaft that collapsed on Tuesday after a methane gas explosion outside the town of Sabinas in the desert state of Coahuila, which borders Texas.
All 14 miners lost in the explosion are presumed dead.
Labor Minister Javier Lozano said on Twitter that the 11th body was recovered just before midnight on Friday.
Mexico has been a leading minerals exporter for centuries and expects $4 billion in investment in its mining industry this year. But smaller mines often escape inspection and bypass many basic safety standards. (Reporting by Elinor Comlay, sourced Thomson Reuters)
Monday, April 4, 2011
Weak life signs detected, 60 hours after seven trapped in flooded coal mine in N. China
Mon April04, 2011 17:44:29| English.news.cn
TANGSHAN, Hebei, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers on Monday detected weak life signs, as they approached a flooded shaft under a coal mine in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, where seven workers remained trapped underground for more than 60 hours.
Rescuers said they were only a few meters away from the location where the workers might be trapped by Monday afternoon. However, they had to remain cautious to move further because the digging may cause secondary disasters.
Local authorities said the seven trapped workers were undertaking maintenance work when the flooding occurred at 10 p.m. Friday. Production in the colliery had been halted before the incident to prepare for the mine's reconstruction.
The rescue work is currently led by vice governor of Hebei Zhang Jiehui. Editor: Zhang Xiang
(Xinhuanet)
TANGSHAN, Hebei, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers on Monday detected weak life signs, as they approached a flooded shaft under a coal mine in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, where seven workers remained trapped underground for more than 60 hours.
Rescuers said they were only a few meters away from the location where the workers might be trapped by Monday afternoon. However, they had to remain cautious to move further because the digging may cause secondary disasters.
Local authorities said the seven trapped workers were undertaking maintenance work when the flooding occurred at 10 p.m. Friday. Production in the colliery had been halted before the incident to prepare for the mine's reconstruction.
The rescue work is currently led by vice governor of Hebei Zhang Jiehui. Editor: Zhang Xiang
(Xinhuanet)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Gansu raw coal output exceeds 40Mt last year 2010
Source:en.sxcoal.com, Jan 12, 2011
Northwestern China’s Gansu province recorded 45.32 million tonnes of raw coal production in 2010, the first time to break 40 million tonnes, sources learnt from the provincial Administration of Coal Mine Safety.
The whole year output was an increase of 13.99% as compared with that in 2009, it said.
In terms of ownership, provincial-owned coal mines produced 32.93 million tonnes coal, growing 4.91% year on year; municipal and county-owned coal mines produced 4.32 million tonnes, jumping by 30.78% from last year, and township coal mines produced 8.06 million tonnes, surging 59.37% on year, it noted.
During the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010), Gausu produced a total of 202.6 million tonnes of raw coal, growing 42.58% from that in the 10th Five-Year plan (2001-2005), it added.
Northwestern China’s Gansu province recorded 45.32 million tonnes of raw coal production in 2010, the first time to break 40 million tonnes, sources learnt from the provincial Administration of Coal Mine Safety.
The whole year output was an increase of 13.99% as compared with that in 2009, it said.
In terms of ownership, provincial-owned coal mines produced 32.93 million tonnes coal, growing 4.91% year on year; municipal and county-owned coal mines produced 4.32 million tonnes, jumping by 30.78% from last year, and township coal mines produced 8.06 million tonnes, surging 59.37% on year, it noted.
During the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010), Gausu produced a total of 202.6 million tonnes of raw coal, growing 42.58% from that in the 10th Five-Year plan (2001-2005), it added.
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