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Inquiry begins into Queensland mine deaths

A hangar in Cloncurry in north-west Queensland

Cloncurry in north-west Queensland Source: AAP

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Two men who went missing in a Queensland mine have now found dead. An investigation has been launched to determine what went wrong at the Dugald River zinc mine.

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