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Article: China to close another 7,000 small coal mines before 2008
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 15, 2006
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China to close another 7,000 small coal mines before 2008
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) -- China will shut down additional 7,000
small coal mines to bring their total number below 10,000 before
2008, a senior official with the State Administration of Work Safety
(SAWS) said on Thursday.
Li Yizhong, the chief of SAWS, said at a conference on coal mine
safety that the number of small coal mines has been reduced from
23,000 to 17,000. The number is due to dip below 10,000.
Li told local government officials to confirm the number and names
of small coal mines to be shut down before the end of June.
The safety of China's coal mines is far from being resolved, Li
said.
Li said that small coal ...