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Mina de Barroterán coal mine disaster occurred on March 31, 1969, and 153 miners were killed. [1] This was the second worst disaster in Mexico 's coal mining history, second only to the Mina Rosita Vieja disaster of 1908.
The first Mexican mine to produce coal on an industrial scale was the Alamo Mine, in San Felipe, Coahuila, in 1884. [9] American railroad magnate C.P. Huntington established the Mexican International Railroad in 1882, running south from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, as part of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
March 31: Mina de Barroterán coal mine disaster; June 4: Mexicana Flight 704; June 27–30: The American rock group The Doors perform four concerts in Mexico City. [2] September 4: Opening of the Mexico City Metro Line 1
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The Mina Rosita Vieja disaster occurred on February 27, 1908, when a huge early-morning explosion rocked the Rosita Vieja Coal Mine near the town of San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila. The explosion led to the deaths of 200 miners in shaft No. 2. The blast just before six a.m. on the 27th, at the shift change, was thought to be caused by firedamp.
In 2023, mining in Mexico represented 2.4% of the nation's gross domestic product, and 8.2% of Mexico's industrial GDP.The mining sector employed 350,000 people in 2020, and generated US$1.5 billion in direct government tax revenue, and an additional US$1.84 billion of government revenue from exports of mined natural resources.
The last population census run across Mexico in the year 2020, reports Coahuila de Zaragoza as having 3,146,771 inhabitants, which, considering its size, means that the state has a very low density, in fact as low as only 15 persons per square kilometer. Coahuila's population is mainly made up of Criollos along with Mestizos. Fewer than 7,500 ...
Grupo Minas-Químicos, scattered along northern Mexico; Grupo Exploración, with several geological prospects all over the country and in South America; Grupo Infraestructura, with a thermoelectric power facility and an important sharing in a drinking water service company. The company is also the controlling shareholder of Linea Coahuila Durango.