Eyes in sky to watch illegal mines
By Li Jiabao | China Daily | Updated: 2010-11-25 08:03
An enforcement officer checks the blasting of three small illegal coal mines on Tuesday in Fangshan district. Tian Baoxi / for China Daily |
The owners of illegal mines may get their profits from deep beneath the ground but it is from above that they could soon be held accountable, now that the capital may use satellites and unmanned aircraft to monitor illegal mining.
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