From Xinhua (link):
China has shut down 5,931 small coal mines in the first four months of the year as it continues efforts to reduce the high accident rate in the coal mining industry.
Wang Shuhe, deputy director of the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety (SACMS), said the country has so far closed 10,957 small mines since the beginning of 2005.
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