Navigator News (Coverage Ranks) Society42323 Social Activity300 Accidents4478 Mining Accident537 2004 China Iron Mine Accident 8 2004 China Iron Mine Accident Year 2004 8 Related Events 2004 Tongchuan Mine Accident 2 2004 Daping Mine Accident 1 2001 Xuzhou Mine Blast 1

China Paying Price for Industrial Boom SHANGHAI, China - A pair of accidents that killed more than 300 miners has underscored the human price China pays for its booming economy and ravenous appetite for coal, an industry that's seen more than 4,500 workers killed on the job this year. 2004-12-01 Activities: [2004 Tongchuan Mine Accident] [2004 China Iron Mine Accident] Snapshot of Chinese mining disasters since 1990 LONDON - All 166 coal miners trapped last Sunday after a gas explosion in a shaft in northern China have died, China said on Wednesday, in one of the worst disasters to hit the world's most dangerous mining industry. 2004-12-01 Activities: [2004 Tongchuan Mine Accident] [2004 Daping Mine Accident] [2004 China Iron Mine Accident] [2001 Xuzhou Mine Blast] Death Toll at 68 in China Mine Fire BEIJING - Emergency workers on Friday pulled three more bodies from the site of a massive mine fire in northern China last week, bringing the death toll to 68, the official Xinhua News Agency said. 2004-11-26 Activities: [2004 China Iron Mine Accident] China Detains 9 in Iron Ore Mine Blaze SHANGHAI, China - Chinese police have detained nine people in connection with a massive blaze at an iron ore mine that killed at least 61 people and left four missing, the government said Wednesday. 2004-11-23 Activities: [2004 China Iron Mine Accident] Thirty-Three Chinese Miners Dead in Blaze BEIJING - A fire at a complex of iron mines in northern China killed at least 33 miners and trapped another 28, state media reported Monday. 2004-11-22 Activities: [2004 China Iron Mine Accident] Headlines China Paying Price for Industrial Boom 2004-12-01 Snapshot of Chinese mining disasters since 1990 2004-12-01 Death Toll at 68 in China Mine Fire 2004-11-26 China Detains 9 in Iron Ore Mine Blaze 2004-11-23 Thirty-Three Chinese Miners Dead in Blaze 2004-11-22 China iron mine fire death toll rises to 49 2004-11-21 Nine die, dozens trapped in China mine blaze 2004-11-21 Sixty trapped as fire sweeps through China mines 2004-11-20 Most-viewed Snapshot of Chinese mining disasters since 1990 2004-12-01 China Detains 9 in Iron Ore Mine Blaze 2004-11-23 Thirty-Three Chinese Miners Dead in Blaze 2004-11-22 China iron mine fire death toll rises to 49 2004-11-21 Death Toll at 68 in China Mine Fire 2004-11-26 Nine die, dozens trapped in China mine blaze 2004-11-21 Sixty trapped as fire sweeps through China mines 2004-11-20

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