Timeline of rescue efforts to save trapped miners

Four miners were lifted to the surface alive after being trapped underground for 36 days in Pingyi, East China's Shandong province, on Friday. Thirteen others still missing after the gypsum mine collapsed on December 25.

Rescue efforts continue for 13 miners still missing

Zhang Shuping, mayor of Linyi City, said the search and rescue for the 13 miners remaining underground is ongoing. "As long as there is a glimpse of hope, the search will continue."

In photos: Rescue work at the collapsed mine in East China

One of the four surviving miners is lifted out after being trapped in a collapsed mine 36 days in Pingyi, East China's Shandong province, on Jan 29, 2016.

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Mine owner drowns amid rescue effort

The owner of a gypsum mine that collapsed on Friday in Shandong province drowned early on Sunday morning in an apparent suicide while assisting rescue teams attempting to extract the 17 miners still trapped underground, according to local authorities.

Workers race against time to save 17 miners

The owner of a gypsum mine that collapsed on Friday in Shandong province drowned early on Sunday morning in an apparent suicide while assisting rescue teams attempting to extract the 17 miners still trapped underground.

8 miners are found alive after collapse

Eight miners were found to be alive on Wednesday morning, though they have been trapped underground for five days afters a gypsum mine collapsed in Pingyi county, Shandong province, according to the rescue command center.

Rescue plan rescheduled to save 8 miners trapped in collapsed mine

Rescuers on Thursday stopped tunneling through a collapsed mine shaft in East China's Shandong province to reach eight survivors, over concerns of secondary cave-ins.

One dead, 17 still trapped in China mine collapse

One person died and 17 remain trapped after a gypsum mine collapsed on Friday in east China's Shandong Province, local government said.

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