Chengde, a prefecture-level city in Hebei province and situated in the north-east of Beijing, will shut about 100 mines with low-grade resources, poor performances and that fail to meet environmental standards across the region in 2019, state broadcaster China National Radio (CNR) reported on Thursday April 18.
The city, meanwhile, will push ecological restoration across some 100 key mines.
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