Rescue efforts continue after China mine collapse

An open pit mine collapsed in China's northern Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday, killing at least two people and leaving more than 50 missing, state media reported.The official Xinhua News Agency said people were buried under debris at the mine in Alxa League.

It said six were rescued with injuries and 53 were still listed as missing.More than 470 rescue workers of 11 teams were participating in the search and over 200 more rescuers were on the way. The collapse happened around 1pm on Wednesday and that another collapse happened at around 6pm, forcing the rescue work to stop.

The company running the mine, Inner Mongolia Xinjing Coal Industry Co. Ltd., was cited and fined last year for multiple safety violations ranging from insecure access routes to the mining surface to unsafe storage of volatile materials and a lack of training for its safety overseers.