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Fourteen miners were killed on Tuesday in a coal and gas blast at a mine in southwest China, leaving two people still trapped underground, authorities said.
The accident reportedly took place after a rockslide hit the marble quarry, crushing seven of the miners and possibly burying those missing.
A landslide sparked by heavy rains has killed 11 miners in Indonesia, authorities said on Thursday, marking the latest in a string of deadly mining accidents across the Southeast Asian archipelago.
Officials said the exact death toll was unclear, but two bodies had so far been recovered and up to 15 were feared dead.
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.
A total of 22 miners were left trapped after an explosion on Jan.10 at the Hushan gold mine on the outskirts of the city of Yantai on China’s eastern coast.
Footage showed the first miner to be rescued, a black blindfold across his eyes, being lifted out of a mine shaft in the morning, according to Reuters.
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.
While speaking at the launching ceremony of the Special Technology Zones Authority, Prime Minister Imran Khan appealed to them to bury those killed. "If you bury the dead today, I will reach Quetta today.”
