In addition to rapidly rising demand, steel prices were pushed higher by rising prices of all major raw materials used in steel production (scrap, coke, coal and iron ore).

The main natural resources are natural gas, coal, salt and iron.

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

Although coke and scrap prices appear to have peaked in 2005, prospects for coal and iron ore are less certain.

(b) To promote understanding of the role of coal as principal fuel for power generation, and as reductant fuel in steel, and as fuel in cement manufacture

But, today in Britain, for example, Indian restaurants in Britain employ more people than the coal mining, ship building and iron and steel industries combined.

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.

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

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.

Eastern Coal and Coke?

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.

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

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 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 15 The department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council shall, according to the coal resources designated in the national plan of the mineral resources arrange for the drawing up and execution of a plan for coal production and development.

Law of the People's Republic of China on the Coal Industry

CHAPTER III PRODUCTION OF COAL AND SAFETY OF COAL MINES

I'd sooner have the nutty slack.

Iron and steel

The departments in charge of the coal industry under the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, according to the coal resources designated in the national plan of the mineral resources arrange for the drawing up and execution of plans for local coal production and development and submit the plans to the department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council for the record.

It is made through two basic routes from raw materials (iron ore, limestone and coke) by the blast furnace or basic oxygen furnace route (this method is known as the integrated route), or from scrap via the electric arc furnace (EAF) method.

CHAPTER IV MARKETING OF COAL

Moreover, the use of wood by Africa s growing population is causing increasingly rapid deforestation in many countries. There is significant potential domestic demand for coal briquettes to replace wood for cooking and domestic and industrial heating.

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.

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.

Article 64 Supervisors and inspectors of the departments in charge of the coal industry and other relevant departments shall have adequate knowledge of the laws and regulations governing the coal industry, be proficient in the relevant technology, be fair and honest and enforce the law impartially.

The said department shall examine its actual production and safety conditions before issuing to it the coal production license if the requirements prescribed in this Law are met.

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

So, starting with steel how do you make steel?

Provisions brokers, textile brokers, steel brokers.

The actual funding gap could be 3 times that of the subsidy. Earlier, Yin Weimin, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that initial calculations showed that a total of 1.3 million employees in the coal industry and 500,000 in the steel industry were required to be resettled as a result of reducing overcapacity .

Article 69 If an enterprise, in violation of the provisions of Article 29 of this Law, fails to achieve the rate of extraction set by the department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council for exploiting coal resources, the said department shall order it to make rectification within a time limit and if it still cannot reach the rate upon expiration of the time limit, its coal production license shall be revoked.

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On May 18, the Ministry of Finance issued the Administrative Measures for Special Rewards and Subsidies for the Structural Adjustments of Industrial Enterprises , and will arrange special rewards and subsidies amounting to a total of RMB100 billion to help advance reduction of overcapacity in the coal and steel industries.

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

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

Article 12 The department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council shall be responsible for supervision and administration of the coal industry throughout the country according to law.

Where customers have special requirements for coal quality, they shall have to reach an agreement with the seller in a purchase and sale contract.

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

(d) WCI supported ECE events on coal production marketing safety.

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

Thank you steel mill.

The iron factory.