"Six university students drown in China mine accident", Reuters, 24 July 2025

Six university students drowned on Wednesday while on a field visit to a copper molybdenum mine in northern China owned by Shanghai-listed Zhongjin Gold Corp [...].

The students [...] fell into a flotation cell - a piece of mining equipment that uses a liquid solution to extract copper from crushed ore - after protective grates collapsed.

A teacher was also hurt in the accident [...] according to the filing from Zhongjin Gold, a subsidiary of state-owned China National Gold Group Co.

The company said it activated an emergency plan and reported the incident to the relevant departments of the local government.