China News Service, Zhengzhou, April 29 (Reporter Han Zhangyun) Spring is flourishing, and the original site of the Heishantou basalt mine in Hebi City, Henan Province is already full of fresh green. The pit left by the quarrying in the mountain turns into an artificial lake after impounding water, which was originally broken. The mountain is planted with trees and covered with turf, and there are leisure trails built around the mountainside. There is also a viewing platform on the top of the mountain... This mine that was once dilapidated by quarrying is now a good place for local people to relax.
The transformation of the ecological environment of the Heishantou basalt mine in Hebi City is a microcosm of the renovation of Henan open-pit mines in recent years.
The reporter learned from the Henan Provincial Department of Natural Resources on the 29th that in the past five years, Henan Province has completed a total of more than 450,000 mu of mine geological environment treatment, of which 190,800 acres of production mines and 261,700 acres of mines have been lost.
In 2020 alone, the province’s main responsible entities lost 168,600 mu of mines and restored the area under treatment, which exceeded the total area under treatment in the previous three years.
The picture shows the initial effect of ecological protection and restoration of the Heishantou basalt mine in Hebi City, courtesy of the Department of Natural Resources of Henan Province
Green water and green mountains are Jinshan Yinshan.
With the support of central financial funds, Henan has vigorously promoted the ecological protection and restoration projects of mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes and grasses in the South Taihang region, the restoration of historical industrial and mining land around the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Fenwei Plain, and the key ecological protection and restoration projects of the Yellow River Basin (Henan Province), etc. A batch of major ecological protection and restoration projects.
As of the end of March, the completion rate of the ecological restoration project of landscapes, forests, fields, lakes and grasses in the South Taihang area was 96.77%.
The restoration and treatment area of 19,600 acres of industrial and mining land remediation projects around the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Fenwei Plain are currently undergoing provincial acceptance.
The Yellow River Basin (Henan Province) historic abandoned mine treatment project has completed the treatment area of 11,500 mu, accounting for 94% of the assigned treatment area.
Regarding the renovation and restoration of open-pit mines, Henan adheres to the principle of “building if it is suitable for construction, tilling if it is suitable for farming, foresting if it is suitable for forests, and scenery if it is suitable for scenery”. One mine has one policy, the ecological restoration of mines is promoted in an orderly manner and the construction of green mines is steadily advanced .
At present, 92 mines in Henan province are included in the national green mine list, ranking first in the country in number.
Zhang Xingliao, director of the Henan Provincial Department of Natural Resources, said at the province's open-pit mine renovation and restoration site meeting held in the province earlier that in 2021, Henan will complete the 21,600 acres of historical legacy mine management tasks assigned by the central government.
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