6,000 more coal mines set to close
By Xie Yu | China Daily | Updated: 2008-11-19 07:44
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A miner with a blindfold over his eyes to protect him from the light is rescued from a flooded coal shaft in Henan province early yesterday. Rescuers pulled 32 miners out of the Gaomengdong mine in Pingdingshan. Two others died. Xinhua |
Six thousand coal mines will be closed over the next two years in a bid to improve workplace safety, Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang said yesterday.
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