Coal mining has produced some of the deadliest industrial accidents in modern history. From methane explosions and coal dust ignition to structural collapse and flooding, the industry’s worst ...

May 23 (UPI) --More than 90 people have died in a gas explosion in a coal mine in northern China, the worst mining disaster in the country since 2009. The explosion happened at 7:29 p.m. CST Friday at ...

In the worst mining disaster in China since 2009, 82 workers were killed in a catastrophic gas explosion in a coal mine in Shanxi province last Friday. Over 120 workers were hospitalised, several in ...

Coal mining was once a deadly job in China - a recent tragedy reminded the country of that time In Shanxi, the province that sits at the heart of China's coal-mining industry, there's long been a ...

BEIJING — A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday, in what was the country's deadliest mining accident in recent ...

The tragic deaths of at least 82 workers in last Friday’s gas explosion at the Liushenyu Coal Mine in Shanxi Province has exposed the brutal face of capitalist exploitation in China. Details slowly ...

May 24 (Asia Today) --A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's Shanxi Province has killed at least 82 people in what Chinese-language media described as the country's deadliest mining accident in 17 ...

Anger is growing over alleged safety violations in the wake of China's worst mining disaster in more than 15 years. At least 82 people were killed and more than 120 injured after an explosion on ...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, the country’s main coal mining province, killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday. The cause of the explosion, ...

UBS has linked a sharp rise in Chinese coal prices to a fatal mine disaster and the safety crackdown that followed. Prices of metallurgical coal, the coking coal used to make steel, are up about 33% ...