http://www.mining.com/china-to-shut-down-two-coal-mines-every-day...

http://www.mining.com/china-to-shut-down-two-coal-mines-every-day-62799/

'China now accounts for 47% of global coal consumption – almost as much as the entire rest of the world combined.

But even as the country burns coal at an astonishing rate, it is working hard at cleaning up the industry.

The Chinese government will close at least 2,000 small coal mines over the next two years, the State Council said in a statement on Saturday.'