35 Dead in Siberian Mine Explosion

Irina Andrianova, another ministry spokeswoman, said 217 people had been working in the Yubileinaya mine at the time of the blast.

 
An explosion at another mine in the region in March killed 110 people. That was the deadliest accident in more than 60 years in Russia's mines, many of which fell into disrepair when government subsidies dried up after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

 
Both accidents occurred at mines operated by Yuzhkuzbassugol, a subsidiary of coal and steel producer Evraz SA, and Russian industrial safety officials said Thursday that the company's license may be revoked.