An explosion at a coal mine in south-west China killed nine workers and left one missing, less than a week after a mine blast killed at least 107.

Grieving miners’ families demanded answers today from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China.

At least 92 people died and 16 are still missing after an underground explosion at a Chinese coal mine.

A gas explosion in a northeastern Chinese coal mine has killed at least 39 miners today, the latest tragedy to strike the nation’s notoriously deadly mining industry.