The search for at least 50 people missing since an open pit coal mine collapsed in northern China has been suspended following an additional landslide at the facility, state media has reported.
BEIJING --Work had been suspended for several hours after an additional landslide at the gigantic facility following Wednesday’s mine collapse in the vast Inner Mongolia region’s Alxa League.
The official Xinhua News Agency said about 900 rescuers with heavy equipment were on the scene and work had resumed by Thursday morning. Images of the collapse distributed by CCTV showed a massive wall of debris rushing down a slope onto people and vehicles below. Inner Mongolia is a key region for mining of coal and various minerals and rare earths, which critics say has ravaged the original landscape of mountains, grassy steppes and deserts.
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