At least 16 people were killed in a coal mine accident in Panzhou city in southwestern China's Guizhou province on Sunday, according to a filing by the mine's owner, Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal, with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday.
Rescue operations at the mine are under way and a team has been dispatched to Guizhou province to guide the efforts, state media outlet Xinhua reported on Monday.
All coal mines in Panzhou city have suspended production for a day, according to Shanghai-based commodities consultancy Mysteel. Guizhou's mine safety administration told Reuters it did not have information on the situation.
The area has a total production capacity of about 52.5-million metric tons per year of mostly coking coal, representing about 5% of China's coking coal production capacity, according to Mysteel.
The state-owned company, also called Guizhou Panjiang, has ordered safety inspections at all its mines and has taken measures to ensure safe production, the exchange filing said.
The company operates seven coal mines with a total capacity of about 17.3-million tons. The mine where the accident took place has an annual capacity of 3.1-million tons, according to Mysteel.
The accident follows similar incidents in the country's coal mines, including a collapse at an open pit mine in the Inner Mongolia region in February that killed 53 people.
Authorities have announced a measures to improve safety in the sector, including restrictions on smaller mines and plans to accelerate the use of automation underground.
Reuters
16 killed in accident at state-owned coal mine in China's Guizhou province
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At least 16 people were killed in a coal mine accident in Panzhou city in southwestern China's Guizhou province on Sunday, according to a filing by the mine's owner, Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal, with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday.
Rescue operations at the mine are under way and a team has been dispatched to Guizhou province to guide the efforts, state media outlet Xinhua reported on Monday.
All coal mines in Panzhou city have suspended production for a day, according to Shanghai-based commodities consultancy Mysteel. Guizhou's mine safety administration told Reuters it did not have information on the situation.
The area has a total production capacity of about 52.5-million metric tons per year of mostly coking coal, representing about 5% of China's coking coal production capacity, according to Mysteel.
The state-owned company, also called Guizhou Panjiang, has ordered safety inspections at all its mines and has taken measures to ensure safe production, the exchange filing said.
The company operates seven coal mines with a total capacity of about 17.3-million tons. The mine where the accident took place has an annual capacity of 3.1-million tons, according to Mysteel.
The accident follows similar incidents in the country's coal mines, including a collapse at an open pit mine in the Inner Mongolia region in February that killed 53 people.
Authorities have announced a measures to improve safety in the sector, including restrictions on smaller mines and plans to accelerate the use of automation underground.
Reuters
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