A gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has trapped 50 miners underground, state media said on Wednesday, in the latest mining disaster to hit the country.

The death toll in a gas explosion that occurred Wednesday afternoon in a coal mine in Southwest China's Sichuan province has climbed to 19, rescuers said Thursday morning.

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Nineteen people who were responsible for a deadly coal mine accident that occurred in southwest China's Yunnan province last November have been transferred to judicial organs, according to a report

Seven miners were trapped after the roof of a coal mine collapsed on Monday morning in Luliang, Shanxi province, the local government said.

SHILLONG: The State Government’s draft mining policy, which has emphasized on scientific and sustainable mining practices in the State, has not put a blanket ban on rat-hole mining prevalent in the state.

Revealing this here on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of Mining and Geology departments Bindo M Lanong said, “We have not put a ban on the unscientific rat-hole mining taking into consideration the interest of the miners who are carrying out the task on a smaller scale.”

The death toll from a coal mine accident in Northeast China's Jilin province is likely to hit 20, as 13 miners trapped in the collapsed mine for 10 days have slim chances of surviving, according to

Fifteen miners were rescued and one was still missing after a coal mine accident in Fugu county in Yulin, a city in Northwest China's Shaanxi province.

XI'AN - At least 18 people were still trapped underground after a roof collapsed in a colliery in northwest China's Shaanxi Province late on Thursday, according to local authorities.

At least 60 people have been killed in a landslide at a remote Congolese gold mine.