bronzeage
I am a river to my people
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China's coal mines are the most dangerous in the world, although the industry's safety record has improved in recent years as smaller, illegal mines have been closed. Annual fatalities are now about one-third of the high of nearly 7,000 in 2002.
Well, it sounds like good news, but it's still about 6 men a day who go to work and don't come home.
China is the only country which produces more coal than the United States, but the statistics are startling. In 2010, China produced 1.3MT/DCM (metric ton per dead coal miner), while the US produced 19.4MT/DCM.
A coal industry spokesman explained the discrepancy by saying, "China has easy access to cheap coal miners. If job killing government regulations were relaxed, we could produce a lot more MT/DCM."
When asked if this would create more jobs, he responded, "It'll create more job openings, for sure."
Well, it sounds like good news, but it's still about 6 men a day who go to work and don't come home.
China is the only country which produces more coal than the United States, but the statistics are startling. In 2010, China produced 1.3MT/DCM (metric ton per dead coal miner), while the US produced 19.4MT/DCM.
A coal industry spokesman explained the discrepancy by saying, "China has easy access to cheap coal miners. If job killing government regulations were relaxed, we could produce a lot more MT/DCM."
When asked if this would create more jobs, he responded, "It'll create more job openings, for sure."