Kazakh Families Mourn Miners Killed In Fire

Relatives of miners employed at a Kazakh coal mine came to its offices on October 29 to ask about their loved ones. More than 40 miners died after a fire and an explosion inside the Kostenko mine, near the city of Qaraghandy, early on October 28. The government declared a day of national mourning and pledged to nationalize the mine's owner, a branch of the steel-making giant ArcelorMittal.