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Millions of tons of ore reserves secured
  The Taehung Youth Hero Mine conducted three times of blasting and thus opened up a broad avenue for increased mineral production at the time when the whole country is seething with the struggle for implementing the decisions of the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
  Blasting was conducted along a mineral vein on two occasions at the underground cutting face of the Muhak Branch Mine to secure an inexhaustible mineral deposit. The open pit of the Puktu Branch Mine blew up 50,000 cubic metres of earth on the 8th, securing 2.5 million tons of ore reserves at a time.
  The successful blasting of 30,000 and 50,000 cubic metres of earth provided a firm guarantee for hitting this year's goal of increased production ahead of schedule.
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