The death toll from a coal mine collapse in northern China rose to six with at least 47 people missing as rescue efforts resumed after a landslide had halted the search for survivors, state media said on Friday (F
in northern China rose to six with at least 47 people missing as rescue efforts resumed after a landslide had halted the search for survivors, state media said on Friday .
The open-pit mine operated by small local firm Xinjing Coal Mining collapsed in a landslide on Wednesday, leaving workers buried under a pile of debris half a kilometre wide and an estimated 80m high, said state broadcaster CCTV. Three hundred rescue workers were using heavy machinery and rescue dogs in their search for the miners, state media said.
The 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.
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