Old visuals from China mine collapse misrepresented online as recent disaster

At least 82 workers were killed in an explosion in China's northern Shanxi province on May 23, 2026, but a video circulating ...

Secret tunnels and unregistered workers: China's coal mine disaster is a reminder of darker days

China's worst coal mining disaster in 15 years comes amid an ambitious pivot towards green energy.
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The world’s worst coal mining disasters

For more than a century, coal mining’s deadliest disasters have exposed the persistent dangers of methane, coal dust, flooding and collapse underground. From Benxihu to modern Shanxi, these ...

At least 82 dead in Chinese coal mine explosion, state media reports

The explosion took place at 19:29 local time on Friday at a coal mine in northern China.

At least 82 killed after massive gas explosion rips through coal mine in China

A massive gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in China's Shanxi province, killing at least 82 people and hospitalizing ...

Deadliest coal mine explosion in China in years kills at least 82, officials say

Chinese local officials say that a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern Shanxi province has killed at least 82 people.

Here are some of China’s major coal mining disasters this century

A gas explosion at a coal mine in Shanxi, China, has killed at least 82 people. That's according to local officials.

At least 90 dead in China's worst coal mine disaster in more than 16 years

The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county, with 247 workers on duty underground, ...