Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Mining: Chinese government says dozens killed in separate mine explosions

Here we go yet again.

Xinhua News Agency, reports that the government has said that explosions in Chinese coal mines hundreds of miles apart have killed 37 workers.

At the time of posting, the death toll in a blast in Rong Sheng Coal Mine in Jiudonggou, a village in Inner Mongolia,had risen to 17. Five more workers are still believed to be trapped in the shaft.