Gansu Province Nixes New Coal Mines with Less Than 1.2 Million Tons per Year in Capacity

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)-- According to Gong Jianmin, the director of Gansu Provincial Safety Supervision Administration, the government of the Gansu province published the "Comments Regarding Further Enhancing of Production Safety" to increase control of production capacity on coal mines. He announced it at a news conference held on October 14, 2013.

According to the "Comments," the province will enhance its control over admissions in key industries, especially for the coal mining industry. By the end of 2013, there will be merging and reorganization among coal mines in the province and the shutdown and elimination of small-size coal mines--that is, those with production capacities of 30,000 metric tons or less. In the future, new coal mines must have capacities of 1.2 million tons per year or more to be approved in the Gansu province.

It's also specified in the "Comments" that responsibility for safety production will be more strongly investigated. The individual directly responsible will be investigated, but as a new measure, the leadership also will be investigated in any accident with substantial negative results.

There are currently 79 small coal mines with production capacities of 30,000 tons per year or less in Gansu. The "Comments" clarify that the merging and reorganization of coal mines with production capacities of less than 150,000 tons per year--and the shutdown of coal mines with production capacities of 30,000 tons per year or less--will be completed within this year. By 2015, the production capacity of single mines will all be more than 150,000 tons per year. The production capacity of these existing mines eventually will be expanded to more than 450,000 tons per year.

In addition, strict control over the approval of the renovation of existing coal mines will occur. For those coal mines with expired permits, renewals of these permits will not be granted if they do not meet the new standards on production capacity.

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