China is a country with high coal production and consumption. As the main energy resource of China, coal has provided a reliable energy supply for the sustaining, development of the countries national economy. Coal in China has made a great contribution for the national economic development, but it has also caused a negative influence on the ecological environment in China. It is essential for the coal industries in China to implement sustainable development and build a new type of coal industry that will minimize the negative influence of coal mining on the remaining natural resources and ecological environment. This paper introduces the characteristics and present status of coal mining and production in China. It describes the land damage from mining subsidence, occupation of coal gangue on the land, mining field excavation and external dump of open-pit collieries. In addition, the influence and pollution from coal mining on water resources and environment are discussed. The effect of coal gas on the atmospheric environment and the influence of coal gangue on the ecological environment in mining area are analyzed. Besides, investigations of mining accidents in China with including the problems of geological disaster and ecological damage produced by coal mining are carried out.
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