China jails five over mine blast Dec 23, 2007
Ma Jinguang, owner of the Dongfeng Coal Mine in Qitaihe City, was given six years and the others received between three and a half and five years. It was not clear from proceedings at the court in Xinxing if the five convicted would lodge appeals. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
China says mine deaths down Dec 22, 2006
Prosecutions Li said in a report on China s deadliest mining accidents since 2005 that two local officials and six managers of the Qitaihe accident, which killed 171 miners after coal dust caught fire, had been prosecuted. He gave no further details. (Aljazeera.Net)
Fines to further curb Chinese media Jun 28, 2006
Sudden events a miner is rescued after a blast in Qitaihe ... Sudden events … a miner is rescued after a blast in Qitaihe. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
37 killed in 3 coal mine blasts Mar 14, 2006
Two blasts occurred yesterday, one in Rongsheng Coal Mine of North China's Autonomous Region and the other in Taihe Mine in Qitaihe of Northeast China's Province ... The Qitaihe blast occurred at 12:40 pm when 16 miners were working underground. (People's Daily Online, China)
