UPDATE: Five coal mines in Lvliang suspended after fatal accident

Five coal mines in Lvliang city, North China's Shanxi province, have halted operations following a fatal accident at a local mine earlier on April 1, though the impact on the overall coal supply in the region has been limited as most mines still maintain normal production, Mysteel's latest survey found.

Late on April 1, a roof collapse caused four deaths at the Guanjiaya coal mine in Xingxian county in Lvliang, a mine under the state-owned China National Coal Group. Following the accident, operations at the mine and four others in Lvliang controlled by the same mining group have been