  urlLink China Daily : "The Ministry of Land and Resources on Friday launched a national campaign to shut down coal mines that cause pollution or those without licences. " In light of the upwards of 10,000 miners that die annually in China's private coal mines and the enormous degradation to the environment coal production and consumption causes such a move is welcomed. China however has a history of promising these coal mining reforms especially after a spate of Coal mining accidents but rarely follows through. Coal providing about 75% of China's energy requirements and working at capacity is just too important to the government for them to take the measures needed. 
