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14 July, 2005
The deadliest mine disaster in four years in the Ukraine occurred 19 July. Thirty-six coal miners perished when a methane gas explosion rocked the Krasnolymanskaya mine in eastern Donetsk region. “Safety rules, especially those of ventilation, were constantly violated in that mine,” said Mikhail Volynets, president of the Miners’ Independent Trade Union of Ukraine. The mine is Ukraine’s most profitable, producing 10,000 tonnes per day. On 27 July, the government ordered around-the-clock inspections of air volume, effectiveness of mine degassing, dust content and explosive risks of equipment for a two-week period in all coal mines in the country.