Blast At Mine In Kazakhstan Leaves Six Dead, Two Seriously Injured, 7 November 2021

Six people have been killed and two seriously injured in a mining accident in Kazakhstan, the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry said.

The blast occurred early on November 7 at the Abai coal mine operated by ArcelorMittal Temirtau, a Kazakh unit of the steel giant in the Central Asian country’s Karaganda region.

At the time of the blast, 64 workers were in the mine; 56 managed to get out...

Mining accidents are fairly common in former Soviet countries due to lax safety practices and outdated infrastructure...