The State shall encourage coal mining enterprises to carry out second mining or extract residual coal at the margins of mining areas and very thin coal seams.

Article 45 All equipment, facilities, explosives and safety instruments used by coal mining enterprises must meet the national or trade standards.

Coal mining enterprises and coal trading enterprises may not adulterate coal and sell inferior coal as quality coal.

Mining equipment imports

Article 13 The coal mining administrations are State owned coal mining enterprises each with the status of an independent legal entity.

CHAPTER V PROTECTION OF COAL MINING AREAS

Employees of coal mining enterprises must abide by the laws and regulations governing safety in production, rules and regulations for the coal industry and rules of coal mining enterprises.

Customers and coal trading enterprises in coal marketing areas shall have the right to buy coal directly from coal mining enterprises.

Article 29 In the exploitation of coal resources, coal mining regulations must be complied with, the rational mining sequence followed and the rate of extraction set for exploiting coal resources achieved.

Article 46 Coal mining enterprises which have legally obtained coal production licenses shall have the right to sell the coal they themselves produce.

Coal mining enterprises may not transfer or lease to another person the coal production licenses they have legally obtained.

Article 61 Without consent of coal mining enterprises, no units or individuals may occupy the railways, roads, navigation channels, wharves, power lines and water supply pipes specially used by coal mining enterprises.

The State shall encourage coal mining enterprises to develop coal washing and processing as well as comprehensive exploitation and utilization of coalbed methane, gangue, coal slime, stone coal and peat.

Article 62 Any units or individuals that wish to conduct operations within coal mining areas that may threaten safety of the coal mines must first obtain consent of the coal mining enterprises, report to the department in charge of the coal industry for approval and take safety measures.

Article 35 The State shall encourage and support coal mining enterprises and other enterprises to produce both coal and electricity, coking coal, coal chemicals and building materials made of coal and engage in deep and fine processing of coal.

(3) to disrupt the order of coal mining areas, so that coal production and other work cannot be carried on normally or

Article 18 To establish a coal mining enterprise, the following requirements shall be met

The State shall encourage and support coal mining enterprises to develop a diversified economy.

Banpu Group, a coal and electricity company, has mining operations in Indonesia and China.

Article 5 The State shall protect the coal resources according to law and forbid any indiscriminate mining which is destructive to the coal resources.

Article 10 The State shall maintain order in production and other work in coal mine areas and protect the facilities of coal mining enterprises.

(1) having a feasibility study report on or mining plan for coal mine construction project

Article 26 No duplicate coal production license shall be issued for mining in the same area.

Article 24 The department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council shall be responsible for the administration of the issue of coal production licenses to the following coal mining enterprises

Article 38 To ensure safety in production, the system under which the directors of coal mine administrations and the managers of coal mines assume full responsibility shall be instituted in coal mining enterprises.

The Panel has obtained documents and photographs showing that mining equipment has been imported into Liberia disguised as farm equipment.

Article 44 Coal mining enterprises must provide accidental injury insurance for miners working underground and pay premiums.

Article 55 Coal mining enterprises, coal trading enterprises, transport enterprises and customers shall supply, transport, and accept and unload coal according to law, the relevant regulations of the State Council or the agreement in contracts.

Article 34 The State shall establish the system of accumulating funds by coal mining enterprises for changing the line of production during the declining period of coal mines.

The coal mining administrations and other coal mining and trading enterprises with the status of independent legal entities shall, according to law, make their own decisions regarding their operations, be responsible for their own losses and profits and be capable of expanding or contracting themselves.

Coal mining enterprises shall strengthen and improve their operation and management and increase their productivity and economic results.

Article 43 Coal mining enterprises must provide the workers with the necessary articles to guarantee safety in production.

Availability of the alternative methods and equipment for the humanitarian de mining, international acceptance.

Article 63 The departments in charge of the coal industry and other relevant departments shall, in accordance with law, exercise supervision over and inspection of the implementation of the laws and regulations governing the coal industry by coal mining enterprises and coal trading enterprises.

Article 32 Coal mining enterprises shall be responsible for reclaiming the land, which is covered by coal or which subsides or is destroyed due to mining, to the state that it can be utilized any losses caused to another person shall be compensated according to law.

Article 60 Without consent of coal mining enterprises, no units or individuals may grow plants or crops or breed animals, take soil or put up buildings or other structures on the land during the validity period for use of the land legally obtained by coal mining enterprises.

(4) having a mining design which meets the requirements of safety in coal mine production and of environmental protection

The coal mining enterprises, coal trading enterprises and customers shall provide convenience to the supervisors and inspectors of the departments in charge of the coal industry and other relevant departments who are carrying out supervision and inspection according to law.

Article 66 The supervisors and inspectors of the departments in charge of the coal industry and other relevant departments shall have the right to ask the coal mining enterprises or coal trading enterprises that violate the laws and regulations governing the coal industry to make rectification according to law.

The rate of extraction for coal resources shall be determined by the department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council in light of the different resources and mining conditions.

The coal mining enterprise that has obtained approval for establishment shall, by virtue of the document of approval, be issued the mining license by the department in charge of geology and mineral resources.

Article 50 For the marketing of coal, the intermediate links shall be reduced and unreasonable intermediate links shall be removed, and, where conditions permit, direct sale by coal mining enterprises shall be encouraged.

If public utilities or other projects need to be constructed in a coal mine area, the unit concerned shall consult the coal mining enterprise and reach an agreement before it may start construction.

After the department in charge of foreign economic relations and trade under the State Council gives its approval, large coal mining enterprises that meet the necessary conditions shall have the right to export coal.

(2) coal mining enterprises that are established in trans administrative regions of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.