China Mine Collapse China: Death toll in mine collapse touches six, 47 still missing
Beijing: The death toll due to the mine collapse in China's northern Inner Mongolia region has touched six.
According to reports, 47 others are still missing.
Following the mishap, authorities have ordered inspections at all of its open-pit mines on Friday.
The mine, operated by small local firm Xinjing Coal Mining, collapsed in an avalanche of rock on Wednesday, leaving workers buried under a pile of debris, reports Channel News Asia.
The mine was buried under a pile of debris half a kilometre and an estimated 80m high, said state broadcaster CCTV as quoted by the news portal.
A second landslide halted rescue efforts, state media reported, with the risk of more collapses very high due to the large collapsed area.
Li Zhongzeng, head of the town of Alxa League, told Channel News Asia that the rescue mission was difficult due to the threat of more landslides, and rescue plans include layered excavation and trapezoidal descending methods from both sides of the mountain.
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