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Second miner found dead after Slovenia coal mine accident
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Posted on January 22, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 22, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
A second miner was found dead after a flood in Slovenia's Velenje coal mine. Rescuers continue searching for a third miner. The mine is part of the state-owned Holding Slovenske Elektrarne Group.
(Reuters) - Rescuers recovered the body of a second miner on Wednesday after water and mud poured into underground tunnels at the Velenje coal mine in northeastern Slovenia, STA news agency reported.
They were still searching for a third miner trapped after hundreds of tons of the slurry tumbled into the tunnels of the mine, part of the state-owned Holding Slovenske Elektrarne Group, on Monday evening.
Mine officials said the rescue mission, in which about 80 rescuers are taking part in teams rotating in six-hour stretches, was risky as they have to manually dig and remove the debris, STA reported.
The cause of the accident has not been established yet but mining inspectors were investigating the site.
Production at the mine has been halted and will resume after the rescue mission is completed, Prime Minister Robert Golob said on Tuesday. It mainly supplies the Sostanj thermal power plant with coal.
Staff at the mine could not be immediately reached for comment.
(Reporting by Daria Sito-Sucic; Editing by Alison Williams)
The article discusses a coal mine accident in Slovenia where rescuers found a second miner dead and are searching for a third.
The accident was caused by water and mud pouring into the mine's tunnels, but the exact cause is still under investigation.
The rescue mission is ongoing, with about 80 rescuers involved in searching for the third trapped miner.
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