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The demand for coal will remain steady over the next four years due to demand from Asia, which comes despite fears of the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.
Efforts to rescue those trapped in the mine were halted on Thursday afternoon because of an explosion threat, and rescuers were rushed out of the mine, administrators of the mine told the Interfax news agency.
All coal mines in Panzhou city have suspending production for a day, according to Shanghai-based commodities consultancy Mysteel. Guizhou's mine safety administration told Reuters it did not have information on the situation.
The protesters have said they will not bury the miners' bodies until Prime Minister Imran meets them and the killers are brought to justice, continuing their protest on Wednesday for a fourth straight day.
India’s economic slowdown stifles demand of thermal coal imports from key industrial consumers. Country’s thermal coal imports have dropped for three months running, their longest sustained fall in over two years.
The bodies of four women and one man were recovered after the mine caved in on Tuesday, police officer Sanjeev Kumar said. More than a dozen others are feared trapped under the rubble.
Two workers were killed immediately when the mine caved in, while five more bodies were recovered by rescue teams during the night, said Sediq Azizi, spokesman to the provincial governor.
The accident happened in Fengyuan coal mine in Hutubi County on Saturday evening, when staff were carrying out upgrading works at the site, the official Xinhua news agency said.
Chinese media outlets including The Global Times and Caixin on Monday reported China’s top economic planner had granted approval to power plants to import coal without clearance restrictions, except for Australia.
India plans to lease abandoned coal pits to private mining companies, a government official said on Friday, in an effort to ramp up production as power outages exacerbate a sweltering heatwave.