Inner Mongolia Mine Collapse Claimed 53 Lives, Official Report Suggests

What’s new: Authorities in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region recently reported that 53 people died in an unspecified incident this year, with evidence pointing to the open-pit coal mine collapse in February, making it the deadliest such incident in China in more than seven decades.

The mine, operated by local firm Xinjing Coal Industry Co., collapsed on Feb. 22 in the prefecture of Alxa League in the northern Chinese region. Only five of the victims were confirmed dead that month, while the rest were reported missing.