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Five companies involved in construction work that led to explosions on Jan 10 at a gold mine in Qixia, Shandong province, were given fines totaling 21.6 million yuan ($3.3 million), according to the National Mine Safety Administration.
Forty-five people have been held to account for explosions on Jan 10 at a gold mine that was under construction in Qixia, Shandong province, the Yantai city government's information office said.
Twenty-two miners became trapped more than 600 meters underground after blasts ripped through a gold mine under construction in Qixia, East China's Shandong province, on Jan 10.
It will take some time to search for a remaining worker who has been trapped underground for 17 days after explosions at a gold mine under construction in Qixia, Shandong province, due to difficulties draining water and clearing obstacles, the rescue headquarters said.
On Sunday morning, rescue workers unexpectedly reached a large cavity 14 days after two explosions trapped 22 workers underground at a gold mine under construction in Qixia, Shandong province.
Two workers trapped in the gold mine in Qixia, Shandong province, have told of their experiences.
One of them said he had never stopped believing they would be saved.
Ten workers trapped underground after an explosion on Jan 10 at a gold mine under construction in Qixia, Shandong province, have been confirmed to have died, a news conference in the city was told on Monday.
Latest: 10 trapped miners in Shandong found dead
Eleven miners were lifted to safety by 3:18 pm on Sunday, 14 days after an explosion trapped 22 miners underground at a gold mine at Qixia, East China's Shandong province, according to rescue headquarters.
Clearing the main shaft to rescue 22 gold miners who have been trapped underground since Jan 10 in Qixia, Shandong province, is expected to take at least another 15 days, the rescue headquarters said on Thursday.
JINAN -- Rescuers said Thursday that they are drilling a heavily blocked shaft to rescue 21 workers trapped in a gold mine in East China, an effort that will take at least 15 days.
A trapped worker showed no signs of life after losing consciousness in a gold mine blast in Shandong province.
Rescuers tell of the challenges faced
Rescuers started drilling a new channel 71 centimeters in diameter on Wednesday at the Hushan gold mine in East China's Shandong province, where an explosion on Jan 10 trapped 22 workers underground.
Rescuers got another handwritten note from trapped miners on Tuesday through a drilled hole 21.9 centimeters in diameter, according to Xinhua News Agency.
A miner who has been trapped underground for more than a week at the Hushan gold mine in Qixia, a city in Yantai, Shandong province, hurt his head during a blast last week and has lost consciousness, while two others are feeling sick, medical experts said.
BEIJING -- China's National Health Commission (NHC) on Tuesday sent an expert team to Qixia under Yantai City in East China's Shandong province to guide and assist in medical aid for trapped workers after a gold mine blast.
Four batches of life-sustaining nutrient solutions had been delivered by Tuesday morning to miners who have been trapped underground for more than a week at the Hushan gold mine in Qixia city of Yantai, Shandong province.
Rescuers were able on Monday to speak for the first time with some of the 22 miners trapped underground since an explosion on Jan 10 at the Hushan gold mine in Qixia, Shandong province.
