China’s Drive for Record Coal Output Spurs Yet Another Deadly Accident

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(Bloomberg) — The human toll of ever-increasing coal production in China is once again to the fore after thirteen were killed in a mine accident just days after the government said it will start a three-year campaign to ensure safety.

Three people are still missing after a gas outburst at a mine run by a unit of Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining Co. in the central province of Henan on Friday, according to a release from the company on Sunday. Managers at the mine were taken into police custody and the authorities have ordered other operations in the area to halt production for safety checks, the local government said in another statement.