At least 16 people were killed in a coal mine fire on Sunday in southwest China’s Guizhou province, local officials said.

The coal mine explosion in Bartin province of Turkey has killed 28 people and left nearly 50 others missing. The cause of the explosion of this mine is the release of methane gas.

The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said, the biggest buyer of Afghan coal is Pakistan but Kabul is looking for new markets.

A coal mine has started extraction in Paktika, which will provide job employment for the residents of this province.

Six people were killed and another injured as part of a coal mine collapsed in the northern Samangan province of Afghanistan on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting a local official Tuesday.

At least 21 miners were killed after a coal mine collapsed in northwest China, with two trapped miners found dead on Sunday morning.