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The Zambian government takes over the running of a troubled Chinese-owned coal mine after revoking its licence because of safety lapses.

There is little hope of finding alive 11 missing coal miners trapped after a gas leak in central China that already killed 26 people, state media said Monday of the country's latest mining disaster.

A gas explosion Saturday killed at least 20 workers at a coal mine in central China, state media reported.

An underground explosion in a coal mine in central China's Henan Province trapped at least 58 miners early Monday, Chinese state media reported.

More than 100 Chinese miners were pulled out alive Monday after being trapped for over a week in a flooded coal mine, where some ...

The Australian negotiator for the mining giant and three Chinese co-workers are found guilty of taking bribes from private steel mills and stealing commercial secrets. An Australian mining executive was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday by a Shanghai court on charges of bribery and stealing commercial secrets.

China says the case will help bolster foreign investment, others fear a chilling effect. Rio Tinto’s bribery drama reached a new climax when China formally -- and finally -- arrested four employees of the Australian mining giant on Wednesday. But there are signs that China is beginning to play down the matter by charging the four with less serious crimes than expected, perhaps over fears that China's sovereign fund, along with thousands of state-owned companies, might otherwise be unwelcome in overseas markets in the future.

The Anglo-Australian mining giant rejected Chinese allegations that its employees detained in Shanghai were involved in bribery and stealing state secrets.

The government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been walking a political tightrope since the detention last week of an Australian mining executive who is accused of stealing state secrets.