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

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

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.

CHAPTER III PRODUCTION OF COAL AND SAFETY OF COAL MINES

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.

Coal mine construction projects shall conform with the plans for coal production and development and the policies for the coal industry.

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

CHAPTER II PLANS FOR COAL PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF COAL MINES

Whereas a coal burning plant, a normal one gigawatt coal plant, burns 80 rail cars of coal a day, each car having 100 tons.

Chinese Coal Cuts

Dethroning King Coal

If you ask them, they'll say, Well, you know the coal, we need the coal.

But I brought along here a lump of coal right here, one lump of coal.

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.

In coal production areas, coal marketing and transport service agencies may be set up to provide marketing and transport services for medium sized and small coal mines.

Clean coal technologies were at least 25 percent more efficient than traditional coal fired power plants.

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.

Anyone who has not obtained the coal production license shall be forbidden to engage in coal production.

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 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.

Forbes notes that he owns coal mines in five states, having inherited a coal business from his father.

CHAPTER IV MARKETING OF COAL

Here's a piece of coal.

Coal is not always black.

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

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.

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 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.

Article 1 This Law is enacted with a view to rationally developing, utilizing and protecting the coal resources, standardizing the production and marketing of coal, and promoting and ensuring the development of the coal industry.

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

Although the first four notices are not directly involved with coal industry, the target industry is directly related with coal industry.

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

CHAPTER V PROTECTION OF COAL MINING AREAS

And does nuclear really compete with coal?

Just ask the coal miners in Australia.

Coal and natural gas are natural fuels.

Article 17 The State shall formulate preferential policies to support the development of the coal industry and promote the construction of coal mines.

Article 39 Directors of coal mine administrations, managers of coal mines and other chief leading members of coal mining enterprises must abide by the laws and regulations governing safety of mines and the safety rules and regulations for the coal industry, tighten their control over coal mines safety in production, implement the responsibility system for safety in production and adopt effective measures to prevent the occurrence of injury, death and other accidents in production.

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 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.

Coal. Coal turns out to be virtually the same stuff. It is probably plants, except that these have been burned and crushed under pressure.

But one day of coal adds up to one hell of a lot of carbon dioxide in a normal one gigawatt coal fired plant.