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![]() by Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) June 6, 2018
Rescuers pulled 23 workers out of a mine in northeast China on Wednesday, hours after they were trapped underground by an explosion that killed 11 and left two others missing, state media reported. Nine other workers were injured in Tuesday's blast at the iron ore mine owned by Huamei Group, a subsidiary of China National Coal Group Co, in Benxi, Liaoning province. The blast took place when miners were dropping explosives down the one-kilometre (3,280-feet) -deep mine shaft, destroying the pit's hoisting system, according to Xinhua. State broadcaster CCTV had earlier reported that a truck carrying explosives had blown up near the mine's entrance as workers were drilling a mining shaft. Six miners were lifted out of the shaft at 5:20 am on Wednesday and 17 others were pulled up about two hours later, according to Xinhua. All were in good condition. Authorities were still searching for the two missing miners. The mine's electricity, ventilation systems and hoisting system were brought back online, Xinhua said. Deadly mining accidents are common in China, where the industry has a poor safety record. A gas leak killed at least 18 people working in a coal mine in central Hunan province in May last year. In December 2016, explosions in two separate coal mines in the Inner Mongolia region and in Heilongjiang killed at least 59 people. Earlier that year, 33 miners were killed in a colliery explosion in October in the southwestern municipality of Chongqing, and in September at least 18 were killed in a mine blast in the northwestern Ningxia region. In another incident that captivated the country's attention, four miners were rescued in January 2016 after they spent 36 days trapped in a collapsed gypsum mine in eastern Shandong province. The incident drew comparisons to a 2010 mining accident in Chile, which saw 33 miners trapped underground for 69 days before their rescue.
![]() ![]() Dutch to close two oldest coal-fired plants by 2025 The Hague (AFP) May 18, 2018 The Dutch government Friday unveiled plans to shut the country's two oldest coal-fired electricity plants by 2025, as it seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The other three remaining plants, using coal to produce electricity, will have to close down by 2030, the year the Dutch has vowed to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 49 percent. Economy Minister Eric Wiebes said the ban on the oldest plants, located in Geertruidenberg and Amsterdam, was even stricter than had been initially envisaged by t ... read more
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