Archive · 24 Jul 2025
Six Students Drown in China Mine During Field Visit
A group of six college students sadly passed away while on a field trip to a copper mine in China.
The students were visiting the mine when the protective grates gave way and they fell into a machine used to extract copper.
The mine is owned by a company called Zhongjin Gold Corp.
The company has stopped production at the mine and reported the incident.
The university also sent staff to help.
This was an unexpected event as these types of field trips had been organized for years.
The company's stock price went down after the accident.
Six university students drowned in a copper molybdenum mine in Inner Mongolia.
The students were on a field visit to a mine owned by Zhongjin Gold Corp.
They fell into a flotation cell after protective grates collapsed.
Production at the mine has been halted following the accident.
Shares of Zhongjin Gold closed down 4.4% on Thursday.
- Who
- Six university students from Northeastern University and a teacher.
- What
- Six university students drowned in a mine.
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- A copper molybdenum mine in Inner Mongolia, China.
- Why
- The protective grates of a flotation cell collapsed.
- Incident Type
- Mining accident
- Location
- Inner Mongolia, China
- Victims
- Six university students, one teacher
- Mine Owner
- Zhongjin Gold Corp.
- Cause
- Collapsed protective grates
- Company Response
- Halted production, reported incident