Top Biz News

    China closes nearly 6,000 small mines

    (Xinhua)
    Updated: 2006-05-19 09:59
    Large Medium Small

    China has shut down 5,931 small coal mines in the first four months of the year as it continues efforts to reduce the high accident rate in the coal mining industry.

    Wang Shuhe, deputy director of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety (SACMS), said the country has so far closed 10,957 small mines since the beginning of 2005.

    The shutdown of small mines and enforcement of tough safety standards have led to improved safety records in the industry, he said.

    In the first four months of the year, China's small coal mines reported 763 deaths in 483 accidents, dropping 33.5 percent and 22.3 percent, respectively.

    China once had 80,000 small coal mines. Two-thirds of China's coal mine deaths occurred in small mines, which account for only one third of the country's coal output.

    As in 2005, small coal mines recorded 5.53 deaths for per million tons of coal production, which is 5.8 times that of major state-owned mines.

    In a bid to improve the safety records of the country's mining industry, the Chinese government decided in 2005 to shutdown all unsafe small coal mines by 2007.

    By the end of 2005, over 5,000 small mines had been shutdown, reducing the total number of small coal mines to 19,828, according to official figures.

    Despite the progress being made, Wang said the safety situation at small coal mines is still fragile. Most of them still use primitive methods and each produce less than 30,000 tons of coal per year.

    These mines use backward equipment and are poorly managed, with some of them not being licensed, he said.

    Wang urged local authorities to keep up the pressure on small mines and shutdown all those mines that are not safe, illegal, or damage the environment and waste resources.

    He noted that substantial efforts shall also continue to be made to promote mergers and acquisitions among small mines and improve their technological standards.

    Meanwhile, the government has recently approved plans to build 13 large coal mining bases in coal-rich Shanxi, Shaanxi and other provinces.

    Total production of these bases are expected to eventually hit 1.3 billion tons, making up over half of China's estimated coal output in 2010.

    久久中文字幕无码专区| 亚洲熟妇无码乱子AV电影| 亚洲av无码专区国产乱码在线观看| 亚洲?V无码成人精品区日韩 | 日韩精品中文字幕无码一区| 精品无码人妻一区二区三区品| 人妻无码中文字幕免费视频蜜桃| 蜜臀av无码人妻精品| 亚洲VA中文字幕不卡无码| 日韩在线中文字幕制服丝袜 | 久久亚洲中文字幕精品一区| 人妻丰满熟妇AV无码区乱| 精品国产V无码大片在线看| 狠狠干中文字幕| 无码 免费 国产在线观看91| 国产真人无码作爱视频免费| 亚洲国产精品无码专区影院 | 色综合网天天综合色中文男男| 久久精品无码一区二区日韩AV| 未满十八18禁止免费无码网站| 久久午夜夜伦鲁鲁片免费无码影视| 日韩精品中文字幕无码一区| 亚洲中文字幕无码爆乳av中文| 国产精品亚洲аv无码播放| 亚洲AV无码乱码国产麻豆穿越| 熟妇人妻中文a∨无码| 免费在线中文日本| 亚洲精品中文字幕无码蜜桃| 亚洲av无码成人精品区| yy111111电影院少妇影院无码| 无码国产精成人午夜视频一区二区| 中文字幕无码日韩专区免费| 日韩精品无码一区二区三区四区| 日本中文一区二区三区亚洲 | 无码夫の前で人妻を犯す中字| 日本高清不卡中文字幕免费| 日韩中文字幕视频| 欧美麻豆久久久久久中文| 线中文在线资源 官网| 成人无码A区在线观看视频| 亚洲综合无码AV一区二区|