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Mexico looks to US firm to rescue miners

Mexico will ask both a German and a US company to help rescue 10 miners who have been trapped in a coal mine for nearly two weeks, officials said Tuesday.

The Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond when asked which two companies it contacted.

The miners became confined underground at the Pinabete mine in the northern border state of Coahuila on Aug. 3 when a tunnel wall collapsed, triggering flooding throughout the mine.

Water surged more than halfway up the 197-foot mine shafts, and officials have struggled to extract enough water and debris to be able to safely send rescue teams into the mine.

Mexico’s Foreign Ministry reportedly spoke with the companies Tuesday, authorities said.

Meanwhile, engineers are working on sealing off the Pinabete mine from the nearby Conchas Norte mine, an unused site that has been accumulating water for more than 25 years, while continuing to pump water out of Pinabete.

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