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Three trapped Chinese miners rescued after 8 days underground

Eight days after they were trapped in an underground mine in northwest China, three coal mine workers were rescued early Sunday, state media said.

Mine accident kills 26 in China

Twenty-six people were killed in a mine accident in central China's Hunan Province, state-run China Daily reported.

Flooded Chinese coal mine traps 15

Authorities were trying to rescue 15 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou, state media said Friday.

Deaths rise in Indonesia mine collapse

Search efforts entered a second day Wednesday for 14 people feared trapped by a mine collapse on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, officials said.

5 dead, 30 feared trapped in Indonesia mine explosion

A mine collapse -- triggered by a methane explosion -- killed at least five people and injured nine Tuesday on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, officials said.

56 dead in 2 mining accidents in China

At least 56 people have been killed in two mine disasters in China this weekend.

Feds blame mine operator for fatal collapse

The U.S. government Thursday announced its highest penalty for coal mine safety violations, $1.85 million, for a collapse that killed six miners in Utah last year.

Mine collapse in China kills 21

A coal mine collapse in northeastern China killed at least 21 miners, the second fatal incident in less than a week, state-run media reported.

Swedish miners trapped after fire

An official says eight miners are trapped in a mine in northern Sweden after a fire.

Mine collapse in China kills 18

At least 18 miners have been killed in a mine collapse in northwestern China, state-run media reported Wednesday.

12 miners missing after Ukraine explosion

Emergency workers were racing Tuesday to find 12 miners missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian mine, which killed at least one person and injured 29 others.

China mine blast death toll climbs

Rescue teams on Friday recovered more bodies following a powerful gas explosion at the Xinyao Coal Mine in northern China's Shanxi province, bringing the death toll 105, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency.

Mine explosion kills 46 in China

A powerful gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province killed at least 46 people and left at least 50 others trapped early Thursday, local safety officials said, according to China's Xinhua news agency.

Time.com: Ukraine Mine Death Toll at 100

Eleven miners who were missing after an explosion in a coal mine were declared dead Monday, bringing the death toll to 100 in Ukraine's worst mining disaster in years

Cell phone call leads to quick rescue for trapped miners

Twenty-seven miners were rescued Monday less than five hours after a landslide trapped them deep below ground in a gold mine west of Melbourne, Australia, police said.

Judge: Investigation into deadly mine accident is private

The press does not have the right to get access to the government's investigation into the deadly August accident at the Crandall Canyon mine, a federal judge in Utah ruled Tuesday.

Mine rescue: 1,000 out, 2,000 waiting to be freed

Hundreds of workers from a South African gold mine returned to the surface Thursday morning after power to the mine was restored, following an accident that kept them underground for more than a day, the company operating the mine told CNN.

News media sue to open probe into Utah mine disaster

A coalition of news media organizations has filed suit in an effort to get the government investigation into the Crandall Canyon mine accident opened to the public.

Weather delays robot search for trapped miners

As the search for six trapped miners entered its fourth week, bad weather postponed longshot efforts to drop a robotic camera deep into a Utah mountain to find the missing men.

Miners: Eating coal sustained us

Two Chinese brothers who tunneled their way out of a coal mine collapse after being trapped for nearly six days survived by eating coal and drinking urine, a local newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Robot could give searchers a look inside Utah mine

Images from a robotic camera could be available Monday to searchers trying to find six miners who have been trapped inside a collapsed Utah mine for three weeks.

Robotic camera to be sent into Utah mine

Rescuers plan Monday to lower a robotic camera through a bore hole in a collapsed Utah mine to find miners who have been trapped for nearly three weeks.

New bore hole drilled at Utah mine finds no sign of life

A sixth bore hole drilled into a space where six Utah miners were thought to be trapped found that the chamber contained no space where the men could have survived, an attorney representing some of the miners' families told CNN.

Time.com: Lawmakers Probe Utah Mine Accident

Lawmakers in Washington announced twin probes into safety at the Utah mine where six miners were trapped and three rescuers were killed

Crews prepare for final rescue effort at Utah mine

Rescuers trying to find six miners will begin boring a sixth hole down into Utah's Crandall Canyon mine Friday, and the search will stop if no signs of life are found, the coal mine's co-owner said.

Utah mine will close if next rescue effort fails, mine boss says

The Utah coal mine where six miners have been trapped for more than two weeks will be closed if one last rescue attempt fails to find signs they are alive, the site's co-owner said Wednesday.

China: Flooded mine was 'natural disaster'

A Chinese Cabinet minister sought Wednesday to portray a mining accident that left 181 miners trapped and presumed dead as a natural disaster, deflecting criticism that more could have been done to save the workers.

Families of trapped miners question safety of Utah mine

With six trapped coal miners all but left for dead in a crumbling mountain, families and friends vented their frustration at the mine's owner Tuesday and asked: Was it too dangerous to be working there in the first place?

Mine too unstable to keep digging, experts say

A panel of experts said the Crandall Canyon coal mine is so unstable that it would be "unacceptable" to resume digging through it to save six trapped miners.

Chinese miners' relatives turn violent

A quick outburst of violence by relatives of 172 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine brought a tearful promise of Chinese government action Monday, even as state media said the miners' chances for survival were dwindling.

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