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Article: 4,000 unsafe coal mines to be closed
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- November 15, 2005
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At least 4,000 unsafe coal mines will be shut down by the end of
the year in an ongoing campaign to sever links between government
officials and colliery owners.
Safety watchdogs halted production at 12,148 coal mines in the
first 10 months of the year to enforce safety regulations. Of the
mines they inspected, 70 per cent failed, said Zhao Tiechui, head of
the Sate Administration of Coal Mine Safety.
"The curbing of accidents and shutting down of unlicensed
collieries are two tough jobs before the work safety departments
right now," said Zhao, during a visit to Northwest China's Chongqing
Municipality.
All the collieries that have not so far applied for certificates
for safe production ...