When asked about Xingqing's current mining activities, Ma told Xinhua over the phone, "operations in the coal mine have long been suspended."
ENVIRONMENTAL TOLL
Environmental experts have stressed the ecological importance of the Muli mining area, where there are large areas of frozen soil and wetland vegetation such as alpine meadows
The location of the Juhugeng coal mine is the source of the Datong River, a tributary of the Yellow River, the second-longest river in China, and the rivers running into the Qinghai Lake, said an expert from Qinghai University.
Extensive and reckless mining in Muli not only damaged the surrounding area but also caused grassland degradation and desertification, which will lead to the deterioration of the ecological environment in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and Qinghai Lake region, the expert said.
Zhang Hongfu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has expressed great distress over the "exploitative and destructive" mining activities by Xingqing.
"The local ecology of Muli is extremely sensitive and fragile," said Zhang. "Large-scale mining has damaged the permafrost, threatens water conservation and will lead to irreversible drought in a large area."
The authorities should conduct a thorough investigation into Xingqing, whose reckless mining operations have damaged the ecological system and non-renewable resources, he suggested.
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