China stops work at more coal mines in Shaanxi over safety issues.

Safety inspectors in China's third-largest coal-mining regions ordered the suspension of operations of two more mines in northwest Shaanxi province, with more than a dozen temporarily closed in recent weeks after a deadly accident late last month.

The suspensions come after a gas explosion in a coal mine in Shaanxi on Aug. 21 killed 11 people and injured 11 others, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Annual production from the latest two mines to be...

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