西湾露天勘探项目是在陕西省委、省政府提出的陕北煤炭资源开发实施“三个转化”总体思路背景下启动的，受到英美资源集团高层和陕西省政府的高度重视。在省市领导的关心支持下，2004-2007年，历时四年，承担西湾露天勘探项目的陕西省煤田地质局一八五队干部职工，在队长傅钢， The West Bay open-pit exploration project was launched under the general idea of ​​“three transformations” put forward by Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Government by the Shaanxi provincial government and attracted by the top management of Anglo American and Shaanxi provincial government. With the care and support of the leaders of provinces and municipalities, from 2004 to 2007, the cadres and workers of one hundred and eighty-five cadres of the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Geology and Geological Exploration who undertook the exploration project of the open-air West Bay project,