Relatives of the 13 miners who died in Sunday's coal mine
collapse in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region will receive
200,000 yuan (US$25,000) in compensation for each victim.
Most of the relatives are staying at a hotel in Fukang City
where the coal mine is located, waiting for the compensation, a
spokesman with the Fukang city government said Wednesday.
But the relatives of a few other victims from northwest China's
Gansu Province are yet to be contacted, he said.
The collapse occurred at 3:10?PM on Sunday at the Guangyuan
coal mine when 14 miners were working underground. The accident
also left one miner seriously injured.
The mine managers were taken into custody.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation and the
final conclusion is expected to be reached within two moths, the
spokesman said.
The privately-owned Guangyuan coal mine has an output capacity
of 30,000 tons of coal a year.
(Xinhua News Agency August 17, 2006)