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From digging coal to selling noodles? China's mining workers ... - SFGATE
Tourists visit the Yungang Grottoes in Datong, China, Friday, March 13, 2026.Ng Han Guan/APDATONG, China (AP) — Yang Haiming didn’t stop working when he retired from the coal mines at age 60. Instead, he jumped into a new industry.Yang is part of a generation of workers that powered China's growth by digging coal from underground mines in Datong, a city known as China's coal capital in the northern province of Shanxi. Now, as China prioritizes renewable energy over coal, Yang is ahead of the change his fellow workers are being forced to confront.Article continues below this adHe now runs a restaurant that sells lamb skewers to tourists visiting the Yungang Grottoes, a historically significant 6th century site featuring Buddhist carvings in caves that draws millions of visitors a year.Shanxi province would be the world’s larger producer of coal if it were its own country. Its roughly 800,000 miners dug 1.3 billion tons in 2025, or nearly one-third of China's coal. A few million more people work in jobs that rely indirectly on coal, ranging from logistics to restaurants. The province will see crucial change as China adds renewable energy so fast it covered almost all of the nation's growth in power demand last year, and growing tourism is a major goal.Experts say it's vital to make sure coal workers don’t get left behind — a worry for many.SF Gate LogoMake SFGATE a preferred source so your search results prioritize writing by actual people, not AI.Add Preferred Source“It doesn’t feel like money’s coming into this industry,” said Zhou Hongfei, a coal miner.Article continues below this adCoal town's evolutionAs is typical for China's state-owned enterprises, the coal company built Yang's village right next to the mine — called No. 9 — that its residents would work. The place once hummed with thousands of workers and their families, with a school, a day care and a sports center. An elevated rail line passes through to carry coal to the rest of the country.These days, the No. 9 mine is mostly a museum, though a section is still being worked. The school is empty, its gates locked. Many of the low-rise apartment blocks are only partially filled, often not by miners but by people attracted to cheap housing.Yang recalls prosperous years before surrounding villages were dismantled.Article continues below this ad“There were so many people, especially during the New Year," he said. "It was crowded everywhere. Now the bustling scenes have gone, and so has the feeling.”T...
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An old mining machinery is displayed at the Jinhuagong National Mine Park, a museum converted from a former section of the No. 9 mine, in Datong, China, Friday, March 13, 2026.
How China Is Taking On Mining Giants to Reorder a $190 Billion Market
How China Is Taking On Mining Giants to Reorder a $190 Billion Market Authored by: Samannay Biswas Updated Apr 2, 2026, 12:59 IST China is leveraging its position as the largest consumer of iron ore to gain influence over global pricing, spearheaded by the state-owned China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG).
