Metal, mining giants ramp up green push in Hebei

SHIJIAZHUANG－Li Min, 57, a former iron ore mine owner, was considered eccentric when he poured much of his assets into a deserted mine.

Having spent some 270 million yuan ($41.3 million) on the land in Qian'an, Hebei province, over the past three years, Li is now content to see the mine transformed into an ecological park.

Li is a native of Caiyuan township, where the Jinling iron ore mine restoration and tourism project is located. He recalled that when he was a child, the mountain used to be green and the river was clean.