1.   In the spring, when the mine reopens for the season, hundreds of schoolchildren are escorted on daily tour groups, their voices echoing off distant rock walls.

2.   It is unclear when the mine will reopen.

3.   Upstream, the zinc mine has just reopened.

4.   But enforcement is lax and closed mines soon reopen, often protected by local governments who rely on them for taxes and employment.

5.   Higgins said the mine would reopen when rain returned to the region.

6.   If the rebellion were crushed and the mine reopened, the value of the shares would be greatly enhanced.

7.   But many unsafe mines reopen after being closed because they are not monitored and poor Chinese are willing to risk working in them.

8.   The mines will reopen shortly, he said, without specifying a date.