'Two killed and 50 trapped' in China coal mine collapse

The collapse occurred at an open-pit mine located in the Alxa League which is owned by Xinjing Coal Mining Company.

A brief video of the collapse posted on the website of the Beijing Times newspaper showed a massive wall of reddish dirt or sand rushing down a slope onto mining vehicles moving below.

Inner Mongolia is among the country's top coal producers and like other regions in China has been producing at a heightened rate over the past year or so under a government call to boost local supply and stabilise prices.

with AP