Rescue work ends following SW China colliery gas leak, 35 dead

时间：2007-11-12 08:34:54

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Nov. 12 - Rescuers on Sunday recovered the bodies of the last two missing miners and ended their operation at a colliery in southwest China's Guizhou Province, where a gas leak killed 35.

 

One body was retrieved1 at 2:30 a.m. and the other at 3:24 a.m., said sources with the emergency rescue headquarters at Qunli Colliery in Nayong County.

 

Eighty-six miners were working in the shaft2 when the gas leak occurred at 1:44 p.m. on Thursday. Fifty-two were rescued, but one died after emergency treatment.

 

Management of the mine has agreed to pay 200,000 yuan (26,667 U.S. dollars) in compensation for each victim.

 

Qunli is a village-run colliery with more than 100 employees. Its designed annual output is 300,000 tons.

 

The State Council will send an investigation3 team to look into the cause of the accident.

 

Zhao Tiechui, director of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety, has blamed the accident on management faults. "It wouldn't have happened had adequate precautionary measures been taken."

 

Minutes of a meeting attended by mine managers last year indicated a gas leak on Oct. 24, 2006. Management, seeing no casualties, downplayed the accident by imposing4 fines from 200 to 500 yuan (26 to 66 U.S. dollars) on three managers, and did not report to the local safety watchdog.

 

"If they did [report], the mine would have been forced to suspend production for a safety overhaul5, which could have lasted from two to six months," an investigator6 said on condition of anonymity7.

 

Neither the mine owners nor the local government would willingly suspend production because in the backwater agricultural county of Nayong, 70 percent of the financial revenues come from the coal industry.

 

As winter heating drives up energy demand, coal prices in Guizhou Province have increased by almost 30 percent.

 

Coal output is expected to exceed 100 million tons this year in Guizhou, a major supplier for China's ambitious west to east power transmission project, compared with 36 million tons in 2000.

 

Its power generating capacity has more than tripled from 5 million kilowatts8 in 2000 to 18 million kilowatts in the first 10 months of this year. At least 70 percent of the newly installed generators9 are fueled by coal.

 

Despite the central government's call for energy conservation, the high consuming sectors10, including power, non-ferrous metal, chemical and metallurgy, still contributed 52.3 percent of Guizhou's industrial growth in the first nine months.

 

The rapid development of these industries, plus the high national demand for coal, had enticed11 many private mine owners to seek profits at the risk of lives, said Song Ming, an economist12 with the Guizhou Provincial13 Academy of Social Sciences.

 

The government has warned of risks in the coal industry as output is boosted to provide heating fuel for the winter months, though fewer accidents were reported in the first 10 months.

 

From January to October, China reported 3,069 deaths in 1,920 colliery accidents, down by 20.2 percent and 19 percent respectively from the same period last year, the State Administration of Work Safety said.

 
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1 retrieved 1f81ff822b0877397035890c32e35843     
v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 )；恢复；寻回；检索（储存的信息）
参考例句：
  • Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train. 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. 他伸手从后座上取回了自己的夹克。 来自辞典例句
2 shaft YEtzp     
n.(工具的)柄，杆状物
参考例句：
  • He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。
  • This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。
3 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
4 imposing 8q9zcB     
adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的
参考例句：
  • The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
  • He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。
5 overhaul yKGxy     
v./n.大修，仔细检查
参考例句：
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
6 investigator zRQzo     
n.研究者，调查者，审查者
参考例句：
  • He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
  • The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。
7 anonymity IMbyq     
n.the condition of being anonymous
参考例句：
  • Names of people in the book were changed to preserve anonymity. 为了姓名保密，书中的人用的都是化名。
  • Our company promises to preserve the anonymity of all its clients. 我们公司承诺不公开客户的姓名。
8 kilowatts d9f87593961475fee978f39c57bfced8     
千瓦( kilowatt的名词复数 )
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  • It's about 500 kilowatts per hour on average. 年用电量平均为每小时500千瓦。 来自商贸英语会话
  • We have an emergency-standby electric generator with a capacity of 300 kilowatts. 我们有一台三百千瓦的事故备用发电机。
9 generators 49511c3cf5edacaa03c4198875f15e4e     
n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司
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  • The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
  • Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 sectors 218ffb34fa5fb6bc1691e90cd45ad627     
n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形
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  • Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
11 enticed e343c8812ee0e250a29e7b0ccd6b8a2c     
诱惑，怂恿( entice的过去式和过去分词 )
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  • He enticed his former employer into another dice game. 他挑逗他原来的老板再赌一次掷骰子。
  • Consumers are courted, enticed, and implored by sellers of goods and services. 消费者受到商品和劳务出售者奉承，劝诱和央求。
12 economist AuhzVs     
n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人
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  • He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
  • He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。
13 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
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  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

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