Iranian rescue workers on Tuesday pulled out the 43rd and last body of victims killed in a mine explosion after six days of round-the-clock digging, the state broadcaster reported. The explosion happened on Wednesday in Zemestan Yort mine in Golestan province when workers tried to jump-start an engine in a tunnel filled with methane gas. … Read more
A gas leak has killed at least 18 people working in a coal mine in central China, including the manager and others who attempted to save those trapped in the fumes, state media reported on Monday. Another 37 miners were rescued and taken to a hospital for treatment following Sunday’s accident at the Jilinqiao mine … Read more
Iranian officials said Friday there was “no chance” of saving nine coal miners trapped for the past two days after a tunnel collapse that has already claimed at least 26 lives. Toxic gases have filled much of the two-kilometre (mile) Zemestan Yort mine in northern Iran, and rescue workers face a painstaking effort to clear … Read more
At least 70 coal miners were trapped after an explosion in northern Iran on Wednesday, Iranian media said. The mine in Golestan province collapsed when trapped methane gas exploded as workers tried to jump-start a locomotive engine, according to reports. “Forty workers are trapped in one part of the mine and another 30 to 40 … Read more
Local media reported more than 400 workers are involved in attempts to rescue trapped miners Thirteen people were killed and another 20 remain unaccounted for after an explosion in a coal mine in China, according to state media. The gas explosion happened on Monday morning at a privately owned mine Jinshangou in the southwestern Chongqing … Read more