Trapped for two weeks, 11 employees rescued from China gold mine

Image Source : AP Trapped for two weeks, 11 employees rescued from China gold mine
Eleven employees trapped for 2 weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine had been introduced safely to the floor on Sunday. State broadcaster CCTV confirmed employees being hauled up one-by-one in baskets on Sunday afternoon, their eyes shielded to guard them after so many days in darkness.

One employee was reported to have died from a head wound following the blast that deposited huge quantities of rubble within the shaft on Jan. 10 whereas the mine was nonetheless beneath building.

The destiny of 10 others who had been underground on the time is unknown. Authorities have detained mine managers for delaying reporting the accident.

The official China Daily mentioned on its web site that seven of the employees had been capable of stroll to ambulances on their very own.

State broadcaster CCTV confirmed quite a few ambulances parked alongside engineering autos on the mine in Qixia, a jurisdiction beneath Yantai in Shandong province.

Increased supervision has improved security in China’s mining trade, which used to common 5,000 deaths per 12 months. However, demand for coal and valuable metals continues to immediate corner-cutting, and two accidents in Chongqing final 12 months killed 39 miners.
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