<br/>At least 46 miners were killed on Monday and 26 escaped when an explosion rocked a coal mine in the central Chinese city of Pingdingshan in Henan Province. The blast occurred in coal mine when a pack of gunpowder kept underground detonated trapping 72 miners in Weidong district.<br/><br/>The State Administration of Work Safety said that 26 of the miners were brought out to safety while 46 were confirmed killed. The cause of the explosion is still unknown. China's vast coal mining industry is notoriously accident prone, as officials and mining agencies indulge in over mining to meet the country's growing energy needs. According to official figures, as many as 2,632 miners were reported killed in the country.<br/>