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NEWS ABOUT: coal mine

coal mine stories: 18 news summaries

 Chinese Mine Explosion 
 Kills 42, Traps 66 

Gas buildup cited for blast at state-run mine

Nov 21, 09 5:46 AM CST
(AP) - A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them. More than 500 people were working in the Xinxing mine in Heilongjiang province at the time of the 2:30am... More »

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 Chinese Mine Explosion Kills 35 

Rescuers scramble to save victims in Pingdingshan City explosion

Sep 8, 09 3:21 AM CDT
(AP) - An explosion at an illegal coal mine killed 35 miners in central China's Henan province today and left another 44 men trapped, the government said. The mine's owners have been placed under police surveillance and the company's bank accounts have been frozen after an initial investigation found that the mine... More »

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 China Landslide Kills 34, 
 Traps Hundreds 

Rescuers search for survivors after mud sweeps through Shanxi valley

Sep 9, 08 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers are frantically searching through rubble for survivors of a landslide in northern China that killed at least 34 people, the AP reports. Hundreds are feared missing after a reservoir of mining waste collapsed in the northern province of Shanxi, sending a wall of thick sludge sweeping through a valley... More »

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24 Trapped Ukraine Miners Rescued; 12 Still Missing

One dead in weekend explosion as rescue efforts continue

Jun 10, 08 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers have saved 24 Ukrainian miners trapped underground after a large explosion over the weekend. One miner was found dead, AFP reports. Efforts continued to rescue the remaining 12 workers as flood waters rose. Most of the survivors were found some 3,000 feet underground, their faces covered with soot... More »

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37 Miners Trapped
After Ukraine
Explosion

Biggest-ever Ukraine coal mine blast

Jun 8, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A massive explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine trapped at least 37 miners and injured four others above ground, the AP reports. Several buildings were flattened. The mine had been ruled too dangerous to use, and the miners had been working to improve conditions. It was the biggest blast in... More »

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Report: Utah Mine Collapse Was Avoidable

Company, feds faulted for ignoring 'red flags' about tenuous section

May 8, 08 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mining officials concealed information that could have prevented the deaths of nine miners in Utah last year, says a congressional report out today. The August disaster followed the collapse of a nearby section of the mine, which indicated that the terrain was unsafe—but officials at the Crandall Mine didn’... More »

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80 Dead, 20 Missing in Ukraine

Hope dwindles for missing miners as death toll mounts

Nov 19, 07 5:09 PM CST
(Newser) - Rescuers today battled the fiery remnants of a deadly coal mine blast in Ukraine as the death toll was revised upward to at least 80, Reuters reports. Twenty miners are still missing, and given the intense temperatures and lack of air, chances of survival are slim. The explosion is the... More »

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methane • accident • Ukraine • coal mine • disaster

Mine Operation Continues With 7th Hole and Camera

Camera could reach shaft bottom by this afternoon

Aug 27, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reversing an earlier decision, recovery efforts will continue at the Utah mine where six miners were trapped three weeks ago. A seventh hole will be drilled into the mine, and a camera will be dropped into a previously bored hole to search for signs of life. Family members requested that... More »

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Families Lash Owners for Abandoning Trapped Miners

Little hope left for six men

Aug 19, 07 11:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angry relatives of six men missing for two weeks in a Utah mine collapse have accused owners and federal officials of quitting on the rescue effort and leaving the miners for dead. Officials conceded yesterday that the miners may never be found in the mountain, still quivering from seismic activity,... More »

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Floods Trap 180 Chinese Miners

Officials have little hope of rescuing trapped men

Aug 18, 07 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Flash flooding complicated efforts in eastern China today to rescue 180 miners trapped underground, and officials warned the men had little chance of survival. Pummeled by hours of downpour, an overwhelmed river breached its levee and gushed rushing waters into the Shandong coal mine, where 756 people had been working.... More »

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China • flood • flooding • miners • coal mine • rescue • Shandong

Mine Collapse Survivor Didn't Hear the Cave-In

Found out via text message

Aug 13, 07 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the four miners who escaped the Crandall Canyon collapse that trapped six men told the AP he didn't hear or feel the cave-in as it was occurring. Tim Curtis, who was near the mine's entrance at the time, heard of the collapse via text message on an personal... More »

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Rescuers See
'Survivable
Space' in Mine

Attempts to communicate with miners met by 'heartbreaking' silence

Aug 11, 07 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A camera lowered into a Utah mine where six men are stranded showed a 5 1/2-foot “survivable space” today but little else, the AP reports.  Rescuers pulled out the video camera to protect it from flowing water and install another lens, hoping for a wider angle on the... More »

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Safety Worries Hounded Miners: Source

Floors in area around collapse site sparked concerns

Aug 11, 07 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The area of the Utah mine where six men are stranded was a source of worries about safety before Monday's collapse, but miners didn’t speak up for fear of losing their jobs, a source tells CNN. “I’ve never heard of that,” the mining company president said.... More »

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safety • Utah • collapse • mine • miners • coal mine • Miguel Sanchez • disaster

Indiana Mine Shaft Fall Kills 3

Workers fell 500 feet

Aug 10, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three workers riding in a construction bucket plunged 500 feet to their deaths in an Indiana coal mine shaft today. The “sinking bucket” can hold up to 10 people, but authorities did not say whether anyone else was in the lift. It was also unclear whether the bucket itself... More »

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Indiana • accident • miners • coal mine • Evansville

Rescuers 500 Feet From Miners

Crews have drilled to within 500 feet of where the miners are thought to be

Aug 9, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescue crews have drilled to within 500 feet of where the trapped Utah coal miners are thought to be. The small hole—2 1/2 inches in diameter and now down to a depth of 1,000 feet—would allow a communication line to be dropped. A larger hole—now at... More »

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Utah • miners • coal mine • rescue • Bob Murray

'Tectonic Activity' Curbs Mine Rescue

Work suspended until this afternoon; CEO promises news on workers in 3 days

Aug 8, 07 5:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of a collapsed Utah mine claimed that ongoing “seismic and tectonic activity”  curbed yesterday’s attempts at rescuing 6 miners who remain trapped 1,500 feet underground. He told CNN that the rescue dig won't resume until this afternoon and that the miners won't be reached... More »

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Utah • collapse • mine • miners • coal mine • rescue • earthquake

Rescuers Need 3 More Days

Won't know if six are alive until then

Aug 7, 07 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - It will be at least three more days before the six coal miners trapped underground in Utah can be reached—and even then rescuers will have only a 2-inch hole to communicate with the miners, if any survived, and give them food or air. Rescue crews are only 310 feet... More »

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Utah • accident • collapse • miners • coal mine • rescue

Saving Trapped Miners Could Take Days

'Pray, pray, pray,'
pleads mine official

Aug 7, 07 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - It could take days to reach six miners stuck 1,500 feet underground in a collapsed Utah coal mine, rescuers warned yesterday. No contact has been made with the miners, though they're believed to be trapped in a spot with adequate air and water. "Pray, pray, pray," begged... More »

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Utah • mine • miners • coal mine • rescue

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