Promoting the high-quality development of the coal industry

Since 2016, China's supply-side structural reform has been further promoted. The coal industry quickened its withdrawal from coal mines with depleted resources, low level of security, unsatisfactory environmental protection quality and long-term shutdown of "zombie enterprises". By the end of 2018, the main target task of "13th Five-Year Plan" coal deactivation was basically completed. However, there are still about 2100 coal mines under 300,000 tons per year. The task of eliminating backward production capacity and inefficient and inefficient supply is still heavy.

Recently, the State Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Ecological Environment, the State Energy Administration and the State Administration of Coal Mine Safety jointly issued the "Work Programme for Classified Disposal of Coal Mines under 300,000 tons per year" (hereinafter referred to as the "Program") and proposed to classify and dispose coal mines under 300,000 tons per year to quicken their withdrawal from inefficiency. Invalid production capacity, improve the level of safety in production, and promote high-quality development of the coal industry.

The head of the relevant department of the State Energy Administration, when interpreting the background of the introduction of the "plan" to the media, said that from the perspective of industry development trend, the coal production capacity should be shifted from total capacity to structural capacity. Systematic high production capacity needs to continue eliminating backward capacity, releasing advanced capacity in an orderly manner, and further promoting the transformation of the coal industry. Type upgrade. According to the situation of small coal mines, the production efficiency of coal mines under 300,000 tons per year is generally low, the level of technical equipment is low, and the degree of safety guarantee is low. From the point of view of coal supply and demand situation, the high-quality advanced production capacity of key coal-producing provinces (regions) such as Shanxi, Shanxi, Mongolia, Ningxia and so on has been gradually released, and the construction of the North-South coal transport corridor has been accelerated, which has created favorable conditions for the adjustment of industrial structure in the coal-importing areas and the quickening of withdrawal from coal mines of less than 300,000 tons per year.

Most of the coal mines below 300,000 tons/year in China are located in the areas where coal is transferred into the country. At the same time, the above-mentioned person in charge of the State Energy Administration should take into account the need to ensure the stable supply of coal at the same time when the production capacity is removed. The basic requirement for the coal industry to do a good job is to ensure the stable supply of coal. The principle of "first stand, then break, and overall consideration" should be followed to coordinate production capacity, supply and price stabilization.

The person in charge pointed out that the relationship between the closure of small coal mines and coal supply guarantee should be handled in two aspects as a whole. The first is to classify the coal mines below 300,000 tons per year, focusing on eliminating inefficient and inefficient supply and increasing effective supply. Some small coal mines have been shut down for a long time, which has little practical role in coal supply. Upgrading and transformation of some qualified small coal mines will increase the safe and reliable output. In addition, according to the needs of coal use, a small number of coal mines with relatively good conditions of less than 300,000 tons per year can be retained. Secondly, the classification and disposal of coal mines under 300,000 tons/year should be promoted synchronously with regional energy structure adjustment and the construction of coal production, supply, storage and marketing system. The next step will be to promote coal reduction substitution and enhance coal reserve capacity, so as to enhance the supply support capacity and ensure that the stable supply of coal will not be affected by the withdrawal of small coal mines.