AP gives an update on the Huayuan Mine disaster of last summer:
Wrapping up an investigation into one of the worst accidents in more than a half-century of communist rule, safety investigators referred six people to prosecutors, among them the heads of the Minggong Coal Mine and the Huayuan Mining Co. in eastern Shandong province, Xinhua said.
The investigative panel, comprised of provincial safety and other officials, concluded that the Aug. 17 flood brought about by torrential rains that caused a river to breach its banks, but that the mines were poorly prepared for an accident.
