{Cause unknown of latest deadly incident in one of the world’s most dangerous mining industries.}<\/p>\n
A coal mine accident in northern China has killed 19 miners, Chinese state media reported.<\/p>\n
The accident happened on Wednesday night on an underground platform in a mine in Shuozhou city in Shanxi province, the official Xinhua News Agency said.<\/p>\n
Its brief report cited the Shanxi Datong Coal Mine Group, which runs the mine.<\/p>\n
Al Jazeera’s Florence Looi, reporting from Beijing, said that there were 129 workers in the mine when the accident happened, and 110 managed to make it to safety.<\/p>\n
“The cause of the accident is still not known. It could have been a fire, a gas leak, a flood,” she said.<\/p>\n
Chinese government has made efforts ot improve the safety conditions in China’s mines, among the world’s deadliest.<\/p>\n
There have been reported efforts by authorities to prosecute executives of mining companies where safety standards are thought to be loose or negligent.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month in the northeastern Jilin province, at least 12 people were killed after a gas leak in a coal mine.<\/p>\n
The government has said that safety improvements have reduced the number of deaths in recent years.<\/p>\n
The registered number of deaths in mining accidents was in 2014 was 930, contrasting with the year 2002, when 7,000 people were killed in mining accidents. <\/p>\n
“That’s a reduction in the number of deaths, but still a high number and suggests that more needs to be done to improve safety conditions in mines across China,” our correspondent said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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