Large Coal Production Bases Make Up 83 pct of China's Coal Output
[2009-06-24]
China has made progresses in building large coal production bases, with 13 largest coal production bases approved by the state making up 83 percent of the national coal output.
According to Wu Ying, chief engineer with the State Energy Administration, China now has 35 large coalmines each with an annual output of above 10 million tons.
However, China still has 14,000 small coalmines with an average size of 180,000 tons, Wu said in the Ningxia Energy Development Strategy Forum held in Yinchuan recently.
Wu noted that China will further improve the coal mining access system and raise the threshold to investment in coalmines.
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China has a proved coal resource reserve of 31.5 billion tons and future reserve of 202.9 billion tons, ranking 6th and 5th in the country respectively. And Shenhua Ningxia Coal Mining Group is the largest coal enterprise in the region, having obtained coal resource reserve of 29.51 billion tons, accounting for 93.7 percent of the region's total.
According to Wu Ying, chief engineer with the State Energy Administration, China now has 35 large coalmines each with an annual output of above 10 million tons.
However, China still has 14,000 small coalmines with an average size of 180,000 tons, Wu said in the Ningxia Energy Development Strategy Forum held in Yinchuan recently.
Wu noted that China will further improve the coal mining access system and raise the threshold to investment in coalmines.
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China has a proved coal resource reserve of 31.5 billion tons and future reserve of 202.9 billion tons, ranking 6th and 5th in the country respectively. And Shenhua Ningxia Coal Mining Group is the largest coal enterprise in the region, having obtained coal resource reserve of 29.51 billion tons, accounting for 93.7 percent of the region's total.
Source: chinamining.org
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