Six people had been pulled out alive by 10:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) on Thursday, state media reported.
The mine was buried under a pile of debris half a kilometre (1,600 feet) wide and an estimated 80 meters (260 feet) high, said state broadcaster CCTV.
A second landslide halted rescue efforts, state media reported, with the risk of more collapses very high.
Around half of Inner Mongolia’s coal mines are open-pit operations. It was unclear if the mines will continue operating during the safety inspections.
Three hundred rescue workers were using heavy machinery and rescue dogs in their search for the miners, state media said.
Li Zhongzeng, head of the town of Alxa League, said the rescue mission was difficult due to the threat of more landslides, and rescue plans include layered excavation and trapezoidal descending methods from both sides of the mountain, CCTV News said on Friday.
Inner Mongolia is the country’s No. 2 coal-producing…
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