Six Chinese university students drown during educational visit to mining site

Beijing, Jul 24 (PTI) Six students from a Chinese university drowned after falling into an industrial tank during an educational visit to a mining operation connected to China’s gold producing company, official media reported.

The students from the Northeastern University fell into a flotation cell during the visit to a copper-molybdenum ore-dressing plant in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Wednesday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The plant is operated by a mining company under China National Gold Group Co Ltd in Hulunbuir.

All six were pulled from the tank but were later declared dead by medical personnel. A teacher accompanying the group was injured in the incident, the report said. PTI KJV SKS SKS NPK NPK