Twenty miners were killed and three remained trapped underground after a gas outburst hit a major coal mine in Southwest China’s Guizhou Province.

New Zealand's worst mining disaster in nearly a century that killed 29 people in 2010 happened because the operator neglected safety and put workers at risk, a commission said on Monday.

Villagers Allege That Blasting Was Not Permitted At The Mine Where Body Was Found

Jaipur: Lack of safety measures and unauthorised use of explosives during mining on Jaipur outskirts allegedly claimed one more life. The body of a man was found near a mine at Naradpura village in Harmara area on Saturday morning. A former sarpanch has lodged an FIR against the mine owners alleging that the deceased, who was working at a stone mine, was killed during blasting of explosives. Villagers alleged that blasting was not permitted at the mine where the body was found.

The menace of illegal mining continues in Alwar. A 40-year-old labourer was buried alive at an illegal mine when debris came sliding upon him at Balaheda village in Bandikui area on Friday. According to SHO Bandikui, Rohitash Devanda, some people were involved in illegal mining in forest area near Balaheda village. The mishap occurred around 2 pm.

"We have come to know that debris from a higher point on a hill came sliding upon a labourer - Mangya Ram Kumhar - and two others Dhanna Kumar (35) and Nemichand (33)," said the officer. He added that the police were not informed immediately. Some locals took the victims out of the debris and rushed them to a private hospital.

Efforts to rescue a total of 22 miners, who were trapped following three separate accidents in different parts of China, continued on Monday.

Three separate coal mine accidents over the weekend left 22 miners trapped in northeast and east China, according to local government sources.

The death toll has risen to 48 in last month's colliery blast in Southwest China's Sichuan Province as bodies of the last three miners were retrieved, the State Administration of Work Safety said M

Three people have died while six others remain trapped underground two days after a gas burst hit a colliery in Southwest China.

A coal mine explosion in eastern China has killed at least 14 people just days after a blast in the country’s southwest left 44 dead.

Death toll in the colliery blast on Wednesday in southwest China's Sichuan Province has risen to 41 as more bodies were retrieved, Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.