China's rapid economic development during the past decade has been accompanied by a large increase in coal consumption,which the domestic mining industry has struggled to keep pace with.In spite of plans to -diversify the country's energy sources,coal will remain the major fuel source for the foreseeable future.Already this is presenting the Chinese government and coal industry with the major challenge of how to deal with the vast volumes of methane gas being released during mining operations.David Hayes reports.
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