Rescue efforts for 47 missing miners resumed in northern China's Inner Mongolia where a coal mine collapse killed at least 6 people, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported
A general view of the site of a collapsed coal mine in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, in this screengrab taken from a video shot February 23, 2023. CGTN/Handout via REUTERS.Three hundred rescue workers were using heavy machinery and rescue dogs in their search for the miners, state media said.
Li Zhongzeng, head of the town of Alxa League, said the rescue mission was difficult due to the threat of more landslides, and rescue plans include layered excavation and trapezoidal descending methods from both sides of the mountain, CCTV News said on Friday. Inner Mongolia is the country's No. 2 coal-producing region. Other key coal producing provinces, such as Shanxi and Shaanxi, haveThe mine, once underground, was converted to an open-pit operation in 2012, according to state media. It had suspended production for three years before restarting in April 2021, state media said, without specifying the cause of the closure.
Coal is a major source of energy in China, but its mines are among the world's deadliest, largely due to lax enforcement of safety standards, despite repeated government orders for improvements in safety over the years.a government call for greater supplies and stable pricesThis has coincided with an increase in accidents and fatalities in the sector.
Reporting by Andrew Hayley and Beijing newsroom; Writing by Bernard Orr; Editing by William Mallard and Kim Coghill
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