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mining sector has been a crucial part of China's rapid economic
expansion in the last three decades, but poor regulation and
weak enforcement of standards has contaminated much of the
country's soil and left parts of its land and water supplies
unfit for human use, threatening public health.
Authorities in Xinjiang's Altun national nature reserve have
stopped 69 mining projects, as part of a national campaign to
tighten environmental supervision, Xinhua said.
All mining activities within the 46,800-square-kilometer
reserve, home to endangered species such as Tibetan wild yak and
wild ass, will be banned, it added.
In September, a Chinese mining association official said the
authorities would cancel about a third of its iron ore mining
licences, mostly belonging to small polluting mines as part of
Beijing's efforts to improve air quality.
(Reporting by Kevin Yao; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
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