RE: interesting news for ...........FYI ,more promises on the way...
China has promised to close 6,000 collieries over the next two years as it battles to improve safety in the world's deadliest mines.
More than a third of the country's coal pits would shut by the end of 2010, said the vice-premier, Zhang Dejiang. The closures would leave China with fewer than 10,000 coalmines.
The country is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal, from which it derives about 70% of its energy.