Comments on: China’s Shanxi Coal Industry Going Through Rapid Change http://agmetalminer.com/2009/11/04/chinas-shanxi-coal-industry-going-through-rapid-change/ Sourcing & Trading Intelligence for Global Metals Markets Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Feickert http://agmetalminer.com/2009/11/04/chinas-shanxi-coal-industry-going-through-rapid-change/comment-page-1/#comment-18919 Dave Feickert Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:43:06 +0000 http://agmetalminer.com/?p=1860#comment-18919 Stuart Burns has done a good job of getting to grips with the comparison on accident rates between the two biggest coal producers - China and the US. The accident prone period in China is likely to be shorter than it was for the US and the UK, for example, because there are a lot of us western advisers helping the Chinese industry and authorities to do what they are already doing better and better. The current rate of fatals per million tonnes is 0.92 and falling, or 19 times the rate of 0.47 per m tonnes, in the US. Dave Feickert Coal mine safety adviser, China and New Zealand Stuart Burns has done a good job of getting to grips with the comparison on accident rates between the two biggest coal producers – China and the US. The accident prone period in China is likely to be shorter than it was for the US and the UK, for example, because there are a lot of us western advisers helping the Chinese industry and authorities to do what they are already doing better and better. The current rate of fatals per million tonnes is 0.92 and falling, or 19 times the rate of 0.47 per m tonnes, in the US.

Dave Feickert
Coal mine safety adviser, China and New Zealand

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