Nationalists are concerned that chinese firms are increasingly buying not just coal , but collieries as well .
民族主义者正在关注越来越多的中国公司不但购买煤炭,而且开始购买煤矿了。
On the orders of the central government , linfen was closing down small , illegal collieries and the worst-polluting factories .
在中央政府的要求下,临汾已经关闭一些小型,非法的煤矿和重污染工厂。
Over the years , I have talked to black-faced miners at the mouths of illegal pits , descended deep down the shafts of huge state-run collieries , consulted labor activists , and interviewed mine owners and policymakers .
Collieries destroy arable land and grazing pastures , erode topsoil , worsen air and water pollution , increase levels of river sediment ( raising the risk of floods ) , and accelerate deforestation ( especially if the coal was used to make charcoal ) .