Blast in China mine kills dozens (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

An explosion at a coalmine in northern China has killed at least 27 miners with rescuers still working to free another seven people who are trapped.

A number of other miners either escaped or were rescued after the explosion on Friday morning in Shanxi Province.

China's coalmines are the deadliest in the world, with an average of 10 miners killed every day last year.

Elsewhere in Shanxi, a landslide buried a brick factory, killing 19 workers, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

More than 300 people and 20 bulldozers are being used in the rescue effort at the site, a mountain near Shang'an village, officials said.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7453308.stm

Well, at least thank goodness coal isn't radioactive . That would be a real disaster.

Oh, wait ...

http://atomicinsights.blogspot.com/2007/10/uranium-produced-from-coal-ash.html

never mind.

[Zachstar]

1. Coal is nasty but thankfully atleast in the US its years may be numbered.

First from EMC2 fusion

2nd from Thin Film solar.

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Kicked and Rec'ed

I'm glad to see this issue getting attention.

Each year, around the world, between 4000 and 8000 people die in coal mining accidents. In the 1950s, at a time when the population of the world was around 2.5-2.75 billion, the number was an astounding 75,000 per year -- "give or take," more often to a higher death count.

Of course, in the 1950s, the word "nuke" meant "thermonuclear bomb".

--p!

[Dead_Parrot]

3. kicking, with a sigh.