China coal bears scars of growth
The northeast mining city of Jixi bears the scars of China's slowing economy and ailing heavy industry.
Giant mounds of unsold coal sprout weeds in the makeshift depots marking nearly every junction, and bitter Siberian winds blow sulphurous dust through streets peopled by laid-off miners.
A view shows a dormitory building for miners at a coal mine of the state-owned Longmay Group on the outskirts of Jixi, in Heilongjiang province, China.
Self-rescue equipment and head lamps are stored in a room near the entrance to a Longmay Group coal mine.
A miner comes out of a mine on a transmission band.
A miner smokes as he leaves a coal mine.
A miner walks at the surface of a coal mine.
A driver gets out of a loading vehicle at local businessman Sun Meng's coal depot.
Coal is seen in a wheelbarrow at a depot.
A miner works at a repair depot for mining equipment.
A local walks past a coal train.
A worker loads coal onto a truck at a depot.
A railway track for carrying coal waste leads from the exit of a mine.
Wheels of cable rope are abandoned outside Longmay Group’s Zhangchen coal mine.
