24.07.2025 16:11
During a field visit at a mine in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China, six university students lost their lives after falling into a cyanide waste pool due to the collapse of a grating platform. Following the incident, production at the mine was halted and an investigation was initiated.
Six university students visiting a mine in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China lost their lives after falling into a cyanide waste pool. According to a report by Xinhua News Agency, during the students' inspection at a copper-molybdenum mine operated by a mining company under China National Gold Group Limited in Hulunbuir city, the grid platform collapsed.
MINING OPERATIONS SUSPENDED
With the collapse of the platform, six students from Northeast University of China fell into the cyanide waste pool and lost their lives, while one teacher was injured. Mining operations have been suspended at the site, and an investigation into the accident has been initiated.