State broadcaster CCTV confirmed staff being hauled up one-by-one in baskets this afternoon, their eyes shielded to guard them after so many days in darkness.
One employee was reported to have died from a head wound following the blast that deposited huge quantities of rubble within the shaft on January 10 whereas the mine was nonetheless underneath development.
The destiny of 10 others who had been underground on the time is unknown. Authorities have detained mine managers for delaying reporting the accident.
The official China Each day mentioned on its web site that seven of the employees had been in a position to stroll to ambulances on their very own.
State broadcaster CCTV confirmed quite a few ambulances parked alongside engineering autos on the mine in Qixia, a jurisdiction underneath Yantai in Shandong province.
Elevated supervision has improved security in China’s mining trade, which used to common 5000 deaths per yr.
Nevertheless, demand for coal and treasured metals continues to immediate corner-cutting, and two accidents in Chongqing final yr killed 39 miners.