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SHIJIAZHUANG - Fifty-six mines have been shut down in North 皇冠体育app's province, which hol the country's giest cities.

The 56 include 10 illegal mines and 46 others which are within 300 meters of expressways or railways, said Wei Fenghua, an official with the Hebei Land and Resources Department, on Wednesday.

In April, the province launched a campaign to make its mines less polluting and stop them operating near densely populated areas, targeting 632 mines close to railways, expressways and cities.

Most of the 251 mines which failed to meet environmental protection requirements suspended production and underwent treatment while 325 others are due to be treated, said Wei.

Hebei has 14,000 ng sites, including many opencast ones. The mines are a major contributor to air pollution.

Hebei had seven of the 10 most polluted cities in 皇冠体育app in the first half of this year, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

and its surrounding areas, including and Hebei, reported the heaviest pollution, though the number of days that met national air standards rose by 3.2 percent compared with the same period last year.

Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei plan to cut PM2.5, a key indicator of air pollution, by 25 percent from 2012 levels by 2017.

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