Development status of coal mining in China

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https://doi.org/10.17159/

Abstract

As a controllable active energy in China, coal mining is facing the transition from output to quality. Based on the total mining production and average capacity, the current situation and level of coal mining at three scales of mine, city and province is analyzed, data support for the layout of sustainable mining development and the optimization of output is provided. The results show that China's coal is mainly mined by underground mining, accounting for 87%, with an average production capacity of 0.93 million tons. Open-pit mining accounts for 13%, with an average production capacity of 5.73 million tons. So the average production capacity of open pit and underground workers is 1.045 million tons, with 1,181 coal mines capacity lower than 0.3 million tons, accounting for 35% of the total coal mines, contributing only 4% to their output. They are distributed in about 48 cities in 6 provinces, seriously restricting the green coal mining. The coal industry should speed up the reduction of small coal mines in key provinces and cities, eliminate outdated production capacity in the central region, increase the speed and proportion of coal resources moving westward, and promote high-quality development of coal mining.

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Author Biography

  • liu xinjie, State Key Laboratory of Water Resource Protection and Utilization in Coal Mining

    Liu Xinjie was born February 16, 1986 in Heze City, Shandong province. He earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree of mining engineering from Shandong University of Science and Technology in 2009 and 2012. He received his doctoral degree of mining engineering at China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) in 2015. After that he started his postdoctoral work in Peking University until 2017. With that he began study on ecological degradation by coal mining in State Key Laboratory of Water Resource Protection and Utilization in Coal Mining.

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2026-04-15

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Papers of General Interest