Archive for July 2010

Inner Mongolia to produce 25% of China’s coal by 2015

Jul 28th, 2010 | By esimonov | Category: News

North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will increase it coal-producing capacity to 1 billion tonnes in 2015, one-fourth of the country’s total, local authorities said Saturday.
The region saw its annual coal output soaring from 114.5 million tonnes in 2002 to 637 million tonnes in 2009, replacing Shanxi Povince as China’s biggest coal producer.
Inner […]



Inner Mongolia divided grasslands

Jul 27th, 2010 | By esimonov | Category: News

Over half of natural grassland in China’s Inner Mongolia now ranchland
More than half of China’s largest prairie area in northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has become family ranches through a land contract system introduced in 1989, according to the latest government survey.
The survey by the regional agricultural and animal husbandry bureau found […]