Twenty die in flooded Chinese mine, 9 missing

BEIJING, Mar 11 (Reuters) A flood in a colliery in northeastern China has killed 20 miners and 9 are missing, the Xinhua news agency said today.

The accident happened last evening at a mine in Liaoning province run by state-owned Fushun Mining Group, Xinhua quoted the local government as saying.

China has the world's deadliest coal industry.

Last year, 4,746 workers were killed in mine blasts, floods and collapses as collieries pushed production beyond safety limits to meet buoyant demand.

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