BEIJING, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Eleven people died in an accident at a coal mine in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on Tuesday, state media outlet CCTV said. The accident occurred at 3 p.m ...

SHANGHAI — Twelve people have been killed and 13 others injured in a mining accident in northeast China, state media reported on Thursday (Dec 21).

China has been working to improve mine safety to combat accidents, which happen with some frequency. Last Thursday, three people died in an accident in China's coal-producing province Shanxi.

The accident occurred at 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) at the Shuangyang coal mine of Heilongjiang Longmei Shuangyashan Mining Co, and is initially believed to have been caused by a rock burst, the report said.

According to an initial investigation, the accident that occurred at around 2:40 p.m. at the Shuangyang coal mine of Heilongjiang Longmay Shuangyashan Mining Co., Ltd. was caused by rock burst.

At least 21 people died in a fire at a mine operated by northeast China's biggest state-owned coal company, state media reported on Saturday, the latest accident in the country's trouble-plagued ...

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers work at the site of a collapsed open pit coal mine in Alxa League in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Feb. 23, 2023.

The accident occurred at 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) at the Shuangyang coal mine of Heilongjiang Longmei Shuangyashan Mining Co, and is initially believed to have been caused by a rock burst, the report said.