Tag: coal mine

21 Trapped in Flooded Xinjiang Coal Mine: Chinese State Media

BEIJING—Twenty-one miners are trapped in a flooded coal mine in northwest China’s Xinjiang region, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing a local emergency department. A section of the mine filled with water, leading to power outages just after 6 p.m. on Saturday when 29 miners were working at the site in Hutubi…


‘We Can’t Transition From Coal Overnight’: NSW Deputy Minister Fights Decision to Shutter Mine

John Barilaro, Deputy Premier of New South Wales’  (NSW) is exploring ways to overturn the Independent Planning Commission’s (IPC) decision to block an AU$958 million (US$743 million) coal mine expansion on environmental safety grounds. The deputy premier met with several key figures in the coal and steel industry at major steelmaker BlueScope Steel’s headquarters in…