BEIJING, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Sixteen people were killed in a coal mine accident in Panzhou city in southern China's Guizhou province on Sunday, according to a filing by the mine's owner, Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal Co, with the Shanghai Stock Exchange on Monday.
All coal mines in Panzhou city have suspending production for a day, according to Shanghai-based commodities consultancy Mysteel.
The area has a total production capacity of about 52.5 million metric tons per year of mostly coking coal, representing about 5% of China's coking coal production capacity, according to Mysteel.
The company operates seven coal mines with a total capacity of about 17.3 million tons.
The mine where the accident took place has an annual capacity of 3.1 million tons, according to Mysteel.
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Andrew Hayley, Gerry Doyle
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Shanghai Stock Exchange, Reuters, Authorities, Thomson
Locations:
BEIJING, Panzhou, China's Guizhou, Guizhou, Shanghai, Inner Mongolia, Beijing