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 years. The ...

At least 90 people were killed in a gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern province of Shanxi, the country’s deadliest mining accident since at least 2009. The gas explosion occurred late on ...

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 ...

Coal and gas outburst is one of the most severe dynamic disasters restricting safe and efficient mining in deep coal mines. Taking Tian’an No.13 Mine in Pingdingshan, Henan Province as the research ...

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 ...

A mine explosion in Courrières, France, in 1906 claimed the lives of 1,099 people, the largest mine disaster in Europe at the time. Flammable gas and a fire combined to create a devastating explosion ...

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 ...

At least 32 miners have been killed after an explosion tore through a coal mine in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials said, as hopes of finding survivors fade. The deadly blast ...

Given the coal industry's importance to Shanxi, the authorities will have to balance the pace of transformation with its possible social impact China has largely reined in the human cost of industrial ...