Mining disasters

The rescue operation at the 'Pioneer' mine in the Amur region of Russia, where 13 miners remain trapped under the rubble, has been halted. Reports indicate that the decision was made due to the perilous conditions underground, with concerns for the safety of rescuers and mine personnel, as shared by the mine's administration and confirmed by state-run media outlets.

The investigation into the death of 41 miners in a methane explosion that occurred in a coal mine in the Black Sea province of Bartın continues, with a special team consisting of expert personnel being appointed to work on the probe.

Part of the pit at the Soko coal mine collapsed and caused a methane explosion, leaving eight miners dead and at least 18 injured on Friday.

Sasa Spasic, director of the Public Enterprise for Underground Coal Exploitation Resavica, announced the names of the dead, while the number of injured miners is not yet definite.

More than 50 people were reported to have died on Nov. 25 after smoke filled a Siberian coal mine and a rescue effort ended in tragedy.

Senior managers at the mine in Russia's Kemerovo region had been detained for suspected safety violations, after the latest deadly accident to hit the country's vast mining industry.

Fourteen miners were killed in a coal mine in China.

Two people are still blocked underground.

This is another serious incident in China's mining industry, suffering from poor working conditions and circumventing safety measures.

Seven workers were found alive after a blast in a mine in Guizhou province, southwest of Anshun.

Rescue teams have saved four workers trapped after a coal mine collapsed in the northern province of Amasya's Merzifon district.

The death toll from the coal mine blast and landslides in southwest Pakistan climbed to 23 on May 6, officials said, after ending their
rescue operation. 

WARSAW, May 5 (Reuters) - Seven Polish coal miners were missing on Saturday after a quake hit a mine owned by JSW, the European Union's largest coking coal producer, officials said.

The quake took place in the Borynia-Zofiowka-Jastrzebie coal mine in southern Poland.

Six miners have died, and three have been injured in collapsing in a coal mine in West Georgia, the BBC said, citing the Georgian Ministry of the Interior.

Search and rescue teams early on June 1 retrieved the bodies of two workers from a collapsed coal mine in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak after more than 30 hours, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

The collapse occurred in a mine run by a private firm in Zonguldak's Kilimli district at 8:30 p.m. on May 30.