Nearly 53 miners were rescued from the Qianqiu coal mine in Sanmenxia, in Henan province, after rocks collapsed, killing eight people while 14 managed to escape.

The Chilean Federation of Copper Workers announced a strike for July 11 to oppose plans to privatize the state-owned National Copper Company (Codelco). The management of Codelco, the biggest copper producer in the world, is preparing for privatization, said Raimundo Espinoza, a leader of the workers' federation, FTC.