Overview

• The grid plate gave way at a flotation tank operated by Zhongjin Gold, causing six junior-year mineral processing undergraduates from Northeastern University to fall into the slurry-filled cell.
• Rescuers retrieved all six students and one teacher from the tank but the students were pronounced dead and the teacher sustained injuries.
• In a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Zhongjin Gold expressed mourning while removing earlier WeChat posts that had claimed zero safety incidents in 2024.
• Shares of the state-owned operator tumbled over 4% at the market open on July 24 after the accident was disclosed.
• The hashtag #ChinaGoldApology has garnered more than 52 million views on Weibo as the public presses for formal investigations and corporate accountability.