Sunjiawan Coal Mine
| Sunjiawan Pit | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Civil engineering | ||
| Funding / year | 1,500,000 t | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | Fuxin group | ||
| Employees | 3100 (2005) | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | Hard coal | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 58 '42.9 " N , 121 ° 40' 54.9" E | ||
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| local community | Fuxin | ||
| province | Liáoníng Shěng | ||
| Country | People's Republic of China | ||
The mine Sunjiawan is a Chinese coal mine near the city of Fuxin . It belongs to the Fuxin Coal Group and produces 1.5 million tons of coal annually. It employs around 3,100 people.
history
A firedamp explosion on February 14, 2005, around 3:50 p.m. local time at a depth of around 242 m killed 210 miners. 22 people were injured. According to reports, the explosion occurred about ten minutes after an earthquake.
Web links
- John Chan: China's worst mine explosion in sixty years. In: wsws.org. March 10, 2005, accessed July 27, 2016 .
- Coal mine explosion in Northeast China Kills Over 200 In: gettyimages.ae. Retrieved July 27, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chinese mine explosion kills 203. In: news.bbc.co.uk. February 15, 2005, accessed July 27, 2016 .