Construction began on a coal mine with a designed annual production capacity of 6 million tonnes in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on May 27.
The Wucaiwan No 1 coal mine, invested and constructed by Yangquan Coal Industry Group, a leading coal producer headquartered in northern China's Shanxi province, will be built in Zhundong Economic and Technological Development Zone, a main pilot site for new-style industrialization and also a key energy base in the region.
Zhundong Coalfield, as the largest coalfield in China, has about 390 billion tonnes of coal reserves.
Coal resource in the mine is characterized by low ash, low sulfur, high volatile content, high calorific value, low sodium and low potassium, which is rare high-quality resource for electric power and chemical industry use.
The mine belongs to the first Phase for a 15 Mtpa coal mine project. Total construction period for the mine would take 36-40 months.
With the ongoing supply-side reform, coal production in northern and northwestern China, including Xinjiang, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia and has continued to increase since last year.
A number of coal mines with an annual output of less than 300,000 tonnes in Xinjiang have been withdrawn, while the capacity of large coal mines that are safe, efficient and environmentally friendly has gradually increased.
Xinjiang has a total estimated coal resource of 2.2 trillion tonnes, accounting for 40% of the country's total.
(Writing by Emma Yang Editing by Jessie Jia)
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