The cause of the accident in the country’s northern Shaanxi province is being investigatedTwenty-one people have been killed after a roof collapsed at a coalmine in northern China. A total of 87 people were working underground in the mine in Shaanxi province at the time of the accident on Saturday afternoon, the official news agency Xinhua reported. But the pair had been found dead on Sunday morning, Xinhua reported. The coal boom choking China Read moreDeadly mining accidents are common in China, where the industry has a poor safety record despite efforts to improve coal production conditions and crack down on illegal mines. But despite improvements, “the situation of coalmine safety production is still grim”, the bureau said in a statement following a coalmine safety conference last January.

Source: The Guardian January 13, 2019 03:23 UTC