BEIJING – A coal mine accident 17 slain miners and wounded one in a mining and metal-intensive region in the south of Hunan Province in China, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing the provincial work safety watchdog. The miners died after mining explosives stored in the shaft inflated and released toxic gas cloud in a township coal mine near Chenzhou on Saturday, the report said.
Last August, the provincial government suspended all coal mines 270 Chenzhou for the remainder of 2009, after an accident on a graphite mine slain 15 people.
China’s mines are the deadliest in the world, due to lax security and a rush to demand a robust economy to feed. More than 2,600 people died in coal mine accidents in 2009 alone.
source:reuters
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