At present, there are about 16,000 coal mines nationwide, among which aprroximately 90 percent are small coal mines, said Zhang Guobao, vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on a national conference on colliery gas control.
In 2007, the mortality rate per million tons of coal produced at small mines was eight times that of large state-owned collieries, according to Zhang Guobao. "Almost 2,500 lives could have been spared if safety control measures at small coal mines were as strict as those at large state-owned ones," Zhang said.
Zhang Guobao said the capital, technology, and management advantages of large state-owned collieries should be brought into full play; policies and measures that help large-scale coal mines to merge and reorganize small and medium-sized coal mines should be formulated; 58 coal and gas projecting mines should be taken as the key to vigorously promote coal enterprise mergers and reorganization, improve industrial concentration and the level of productivity.
By People's Daily Online
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