摘要
Ping Ding Shan Coal Mine wasestablished in 1955 and wastransformed into Ping DingShan CoalMining (group) Co. Ltd (PCMC) in 1996.The company was the first giant coal industrybase built after the founding of new China.It has over eight billion tons of coal reserves.At present, there are 12 pairs of operatingmines and three coking coal preparationplants producing 20 million tons of raw coaland smelting 3.5 million tons of clean coal ayear. The coal is provided to hundreds oflarge and medium-sized enterprises in the 11provinces and cities in the mid-south andeast of China, and part is exported abroad.Therefore the mine is known as the "coalbunker" of China.