<p>Shanghai: At least 10 people have died and six are missing after a coal mine accident in the city of Pingdingshan, in central China, the local emergency management agency said on Saturday, vowing to continue rescue operations and launch city-wide safety checks.</p>.<p>A safety inspection campaign in coal-rich Pingdingshan, in Henan province, could disrupt coal production there and strain coal supplies.</p>.Polls open in Taiwan's critical elections watched closely by China.<p>Last November, coal prices in China jumped after the country's cabinet vowed to ramp up safety checks as deaths from accidents in top coal producing region Shanxi had sharply risen.</p>.<p>Pingdingshan's emergency management bureau said in a statement that the accident occurred around 2:55 pm (0655 GMT)on Friday due to a coal and gas outburst at a mine owned by China's Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining.</p>.<p>As of 3 pm on Saturday, 10 people had been confirmed dead, and six were missing.</p>.<p>The agency said it will make concrete plans to rescue the missing and investigate the cause of the accident.</p>.<p>The official Xinhua news agency said a total of 425 people were working underground when the accident took place.</p>
<p>Shanghai: At least 10 people have died and six are missing after a coal mine accident in the city of Pingdingshan, in central China, the local emergency management agency said on Saturday, vowing to continue rescue operations and launch city-wide safety checks.</p>.<p>A safety inspection campaign in coal-rich Pingdingshan, in Henan province, could disrupt coal production there and strain coal supplies.</p>.Polls open in Taiwan's critical elections watched closely by China.<p>Last November, coal prices in China jumped after the country's cabinet vowed to ramp up safety checks as deaths from accidents in top coal producing region Shanxi had sharply risen.</p>.<p>Pingdingshan's emergency management bureau said in a statement that the accident occurred around 2:55 pm (0655 GMT)on Friday due to a coal and gas outburst at a mine owned by China's Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining.</p>.<p>As of 3 pm on Saturday, 10 people had been confirmed dead, and six were missing.</p>.<p>The agency said it will make concrete plans to rescue the missing and investigate the cause of the accident.</p>.<p>The official Xinhua news agency said a total of 425 people were working underground when the accident took place.</p>