{"id":1176134,"date":"2020-04-05T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1019366"},"modified":"2020-04-05T13:08:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:08:01","slug":"explosion-at-colombian-coal-mine-kills-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1176134","title":{"rendered":"Explosion at Colombian coal mine kills 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven people died and four were injured following an accidental explosion at a coal mine in Colombia\u2019s central Cundinamarca department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The incident took place at the Veracruz coal mine, a legal operation located in the Cucunub\u00e1 municipality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>About 12% of Colombia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/datos.bancomundial.org\/indicator\/EG.ELC.COAL.ZS?locations=CO-DE-MX-ZA%7B&amp;%7Dview=chart\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"electricity (opens in a new tab)\">electricity<\/a> is generated at coal-fired power plants\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Even though both the Cundinamarca governor, Nicol\u00e1s Garc\u00eda, and the local fire department attended to the emergency, they <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicolasgarciab\/status\/1246610267137548288\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"did not provide details (opens in a new tab)\">did not provide details<\/a> on the causes of the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>After the accident was made public, the National Mining Agency <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANMColombia\/status\/1246595749971886080\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"announced a halt (opens in a new tab)\">announced a halt<\/a> to all underground coal mining operations in Cucunub\u00e1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to local media, a similar accident took place on Friday at the Montgomery coal mine in the San Cayetano municipality in northeastern Colombia, where six miners were found dead following an unintended blast.<\/p>\n<p>Even though most economic activities have been suspended in Colombia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, mining operations have been excluded from the measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As of Sunday, the South American country registered about 1400 confirmed cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The accident took place at the Veracruz coal mine in the Cundinamarca 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