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As China’s Small Mines Stay Shut, Crisis Grows

After shutting down small coal mines across China due to environmental and safety concerns, Chinese officials are encountering pricing problems as they try to reopen the mines to alleviate a coal shortage. From the International Herald Tribune:A push by China to reopen thousands of small coal mines is failing, deepening its worst power crisis in years as local officials still fear Beijing’s