Latest technology transfer could reduce Chinese deaths from coal mines
China is eager to tackle one of the main culprits behind its alarming coal mining deaths, as evidenced by the Pre-Mine Degassing Symposium held in southern China's Guizhou province on March 31 and the April 1st. Sponsored by the provincial Coal Mine Administration Bureau and the Coal Mine Safety Supervision and Inspection Bureau, coal mining executives gathered in Guiyang, a modest-sized city (by Chinese standards). ) of more than three million people , to discuss how the latest foreign technologies could help degas China's 2,000 coal mines, improving mine safety and reducing China's overall output of air pollution. More than 80 representatives from 40 coal mines attended in China's second-largest coal-producing province to learn about the latest foreign technology transfers, which could help reduce coal mining deaths. Over the centuries, as organic matter is converted to coal, methane, also known as CH4 and the main constituent of natural gas, is produced during this