MINING NEWS: Methane blast rips through Siberia mineOne miner dead, 10 injured; mining accidents common in Russian coal industry since breakup of Soviet Union Mining News
On May 18 a methane gas explosion ripped through a Siberian coal mine where 132 miners were working, leaving one dead and 10 with burns and other injuries, the mine’s director, Yuri Kurtabashev, told Itar-Tass. All 10 injured were hospitalized.
“Ten out of 11 miners who stayed near the epicenter of....
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