Miike coal mine

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Miike coal mine, also known as the Mitsui Miike Coal Mine was a coal mine located in the area of Ōmuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto, Japan. Mining began in the Edo Period and the mine was nationalised in 1872. [1]. The Mitsui zaibatsu took control in 1899.

In 1963 an explosion resulted in the deaths of 458 people, 438 of whom died from carbon monoxide poisoning. [1]

The mine closed in 1997. [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Industrial pollution in Japan Chapter - 5 The Miike coal-mine explosion
  2. ^ Workers get the shaft in Mitsui coal mine closure Asahi Shimbun, 18 February 1997
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