Xintai

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Xintai (新泰; pinyin: Xīntài) is a county-level city administered under Tai'an prefecture-level city, in the Shandong province of eastern China.

1 Climate
2 Population
3 Economy
4 Transport
5 2007 Mine Disasters
6 External links

[edit] Climate

Xintai lies in the north temperate zone with a monsoon climate. The average annual temperatures is 13℃。

[edit] Population

The population is 1,334,549 in 1999.

[edit] Economy

Xintai is an important area of production of foods, vegetables and petroleum. There are about 1,600 million tons of coal deposits, other mineral deposits include quartz, limestone and clay. The industrial structure of Xintai is centered around energy, building materials, machines and chemical engineering. There are more than 1,000 corporations of industry and mining.

[edit] Transport

The Cilai railway runs through the city. The Jinghu, Boxu expressways converge here.

[edit] 2007 Mine Disasters

Coal mining is conducted in Xintai. In August 2007, 172 miners were trapped in a 3,000-foot-deep mine shaft when a mine operated by the Huayuan Mining Co. flooded after severe rains breached a levee.[1] Nine others were also missing, in a nearby mine run by a different company. None of the miners 181, living or dead, were recovered from the two mines after the accident. [2] An official Chinese government website (china.com.cn), discussed the fact the signs of likely flooding had appeared in advance of the two incidents, and that "disaster was completely avoidable." [3] On September 6, the Shangdong provincial government issued a statement citing scientists who said that none of the miners would be able to make it out alive after that amount of time underground. [4]