The state-owned company has to conduct a safety overhaul before operations can resume at the mine located in Shanyin County.
Shanxi vice governor Li Xiaopeng said that the flooding exposed serious problems in the implementation of safety measures and vowed a thorough investigation into the accident, Xinhua reported.
Jinhaiyang Yuanbaowan Coal Company, a subsidiary of ChinaCoal, is the operator of the mine, which produces about 900,000 tonnes of coal per year.
