[Ferro-Alloys.com]Local media reported that an accident at a small-scale coal mine project in a northern Mexico border state left seven miners trapped on Friday. The Coahuila Labor Department said the mine was apparently hit by some sort of collapse and flooding. The mine, located in Muzquiz township, appears to be a type of deep, narrow, open coal pit with steep earth walls.

The area is about is 130 kilometres southwest of Eagle Pass in Texas. Rescue work was continuing to find the miners. The federal civil defence office said seven miners are missing and that water is being pumped out of the pit to allow rescue work to continue.

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