China has announced it will shut more than 1000 mines across four provinces in the country\u2019s north and south.<\/p>\n
The country currently has approximately 9620 legal coal mines.<\/p>\n
It comes after the nation announced it will not approve any new coal mines over the next three years<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The move is part of a bid to dramaticallyreduce existing coal stockpiles.<\/p>\n The latest coal mines to be shut are in the Yunnan, Jiangxi and Guizhou provinces in the south, and the Heilongjian province in the north, according to China Daily.<\/p>\n China\u2019s deputy director for the State Administration of Work Safety, Huang Yuzhi, explained it will reach its production and stockpile target by slashing the number of smaller operating mines.<\/p>\n “More than 1300 coal mines were closed last year, and small coal mines with a scale of annual production of less than 300,000 tons that had major accidents will be gradually closed this year, as well as those mines that are operating illegally,” Huang said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"