Coal mine fire in Southern China's Guizhou Province kills 16 people

<p>Some very bad news out of China over the weekend. Local authorities in Guizhou province say that a coal mine fire killed 16 people on Sunday.
</p><ul><li>blaze broke out at the Shanjiaoshu coal mine in Panguan, a town in Guizhou province</li><li>initial investigation suggests that the people who died were trapped after a conveyor belt caught fire</li></ul><p>

–</p><p>China continues to depend heavily on coal for electricity despite substantial expansion of its wind and solar power capacity. </p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.