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  Environment
 
Over the years, we have been stringently implementing laws, regulations, policies and standards in respect of environmental protection. We are making significant efforts to protect our environment and to build a green mining area and environmentally friendly power plants, so as to ensure that our production is in harmony with the development of the community and the environment.


The Shendong Mines, straddles the boundary area between Shanxi Province, Shaanxi Province and Inner Mongolia Antonomons Region. It was one of the key regions monitored at the national level for soil erosion with more than 80% of the area affected by wind erosion and a forestation rate of merely 11%. In 2006, Shengdong Mines has adopted the railless plastic wheels to simplify the system of the underground mines, so that the layout of shafts is within the entry of the coal deposit, thus eliminating the accumulation of hundreds of tonnes of waste gangues outside the exits. All our underground mines have been equipped with large-scale preparation plants and realised closed recycling, minimising water consumption and discharge of waste water. The extracted gangues, after being prepared and processed, are being utilised for the construction of two power plants, namely Daliuta and Shangwan, with annual utilisation of 2 million tonnes of gangues. Coal dust produced in the process is recycled into bricks.

 

In February 2006, Shendong Mines was awarded by the State Administration for Environmental Protection the highest national honour for environmental protection, the “China’s Environment Award” and was the only enterprise which received such award in 2006. In June 2006, the Shuohuang Railway works was awarded the “State Environmentally Friendly Projects” by the State Administration for Environmental Protection. In December 2006, Daliuta mine at the Shendong Mines and Zhunge’er Mines were awarded the “Nationwide Exemplary Mining Companies in the Development and Exploitation of Resources” title by the Ministry of Land and Resources.

In 2006, our power segment accelerated the construction of the dust removal, FGD and de-NOx works with the FGD works of nine units and de-NOx works for two units completed. These units have been in operation and pilot test works for a noise shield have been completed by Shuohuang Railways Development Company Limited. The improvement made by the Shendong Mines to its waste water treatment plant, with the total capacity of the 15 waste water treatments upon completion exceeding 96,000 tonnes/day, will increase the utilisation rate of pit water to 50% and living waste water to 35%.