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To: RealMuLan who wrote (5360)	8/15/2005 12:58:29 PM
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China says 693 miners dead or missing in six weeks 15 Aug 2005 09:53:00 GMT Source: Reuters BEIJING, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Accidents at Chinese coal mines, the most dangerous in the world, have left nearly 700 workers dead or missing in just the past six weeks, the State Administration of Work Safety was quoted on Monday as saying. The grim statistics came out as 122 miners remained trapped and presumed drowned in a mine in southern Guangdong province that flooded more than a week ago. "Since the start of July, more than 218 deadly accidents have struck China's coal mining industry, killing or leaving missing 693 people," the Chinese news Web site www.sina.com.cn said, citing an administration report. That toll was 286 lives, or 70 percent, higher than in the same period of last year, it said. Many Chinese mines ignore safety regulations to meet a growing demand for coal, which the country relies on for more two-thirds of its huge energy consumption. China has pledged some 3 billion yuan ($370 million) to improve safety standards at mines, but been unable to stop the tide of accidents, which killed 2,700 people in the first half of 2005 alone. At the flooded Guangzhou mine, one body had been recovered but heavy rains had forced rescuers to suspend efforts to reach the 122 miners still underground, Xinhua news agency said on its English Web site, www.chinaview.cn. Rescuers have also been unable to find or shut off the source of the water that flooded the mine, meaning water levels inside the shaft have barely fallen since it first flooded on Aug. 7. The mine was operating without a licence and in violation of local government orders to shut down for inspections after a July flooding at another pit in the same city that killed 16. ($1=8.098 Yuan) siliconinvestor.com