83 buried in a Tibet mine area landslide: Xinhua

BEIJING: Eighty-three workers were buried after a large-scale landslide hit a mining area in Tibet on Friday, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.

The landslide took place at about 6:00 am (2200 GMT Thursday) in Maizhokunggar County in Lhasa, the regional capital, and trapped workers from a subsidiary of China National Gold Group Corporation, said Xinhua. (AFP)