[allendale]

Chinese coal mines are working to capacity and many are very unsafe. The Chinese import huge amounts of coal,much of it from Australia and the amount despite the pollution will only increase. The Chinese have made a huge on paper “commitment” to nuclear energy but thus far they have not been able to open new nuclear facilities. The scarcity of trained experienced personnel is a huge bottleneck.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I remember when a Kentucky based coal company agreed to design a mine plan for a large Chinese surface reserve. The plan called for large draglines, with a single operator and two oilers in each machine.
The Chinese thought that was great, except they had 15 operators and 40 or 50 men with grease guns...