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Four miners were still trapped in a flooded coal mine in Shanxi. The accident occurred Friday afternoon in a coal pit run by the Lingshi Coal Mine.
山西省灵石煤矿有限公司15日下午发生透水事故，当班6人中只有2人安全出井，目前尚有4人被困。
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All 29 trapped miners were pulled out alive from a flooded coal pit in Weiyuan, Sichuan, Monday afternoon, one day after the accident, Xinhua reported.
据新华社报道，四川威远县一煤矿21日发生渗水事故，29名被困井下的矿工于22日下午被安全救出。
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An exception occurred last April, when China's mining sector enjoyed its own miracle: Eight days after a coal pit in Wangjialing, Shanxi province, flooded, 115 men were pulled to safety.
去年四月份，发生了一次例外，当时中国的矿业为自己发生的奇迹而欢呼：在陕西省王家岭煤矿因地下洪水而发生矿难八天之后，115人被安全救出。
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Operations at the open coal pit continued, and the company got slapped with a tax fine.
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