Work in China over this decade consisted mainly of Due Diligences…and there were a lot! China was implementing its stated policy of amalgamating or closing ‘village’ mines that produces less than 30,000 t/pa. MBGS reviewed approximately 70 underground and open cut mines, covering the major coal basins in China, including Heilongjiang, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Nei Mongol and Hebei Provinces.