An explosion at a coal mine in China that killed at least 82 people was the result of the company involved having committed multiple serious safety violations, an early investigation has found.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday, in ...

A gas explosion at the Liushenyu coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province has killed at least 82 people, with nine workers still unaccounted for, in one of the deadliest mining disasters the ...

Two officials from the Shanxi branch of the National Mine Safety Administration have been placed under investigation on Saturday by the provincial supervisory commission in connection with a gas ...

The explosion happened late Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, situated in Shanxi province, which is China’s largest coal-producing region.

BEIJING -- A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday, in what was the country's deadliest mining accident in recent ...