On the afternoon of July 14, the 14th session of the 18th Provincial People's Council continued to conduct a question-and-answer session. Chairman of the Ha Tinh Provincial People's Committee Vo Trong Hai also clarified issues of concern to delegates and voters.
Mr. Hai said that recently, the Provincial People's Committee has strongly directed relevant departments and branches to rectify the situation of slow valuation of assets on land and land use plans; lack of land and sand for filling...
However, there are still some outstanding issues, including the Thach Khe iron mine.
Mr. Hai emphasized that Ha Tinh resolutely proposed to stop the exploitation of Thach Khe iron mine. According to the explanation of the provincial chairman, the exploitation of Thach Khe iron mine will leave many consequences. Because if exploited, 3-4 million m3 of wastewater will be discharged into the sea every day. Every day, 2 tons of mines explode 5km away from Ha Tinh city as the crow flies, 300m from the coast.
"Ha Tinh learned from the lessons of the environmental incident that happened at Formosa Company," he said.
Previously, on July 3, Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (TKV) had a working session with Ha Tinh province to discuss the solution to implement the intermediate plan of mining at a depth of minus 145m compared to sea level to report to the Government and the Politburo.
At the meeting, Mr. Dang Thanh Hai - General Director of TKV, said that, implementing the direction of the Politburo, the Group has requested Thach Khe Iron Joint Stock Company (TIC) to develop this "intermediate plan".
It is expected that 41.8 million tons of ore will be exploited, 121.3 million m3 of rock and soil will be excavated; the total pre-tax investment will be over 5,086 billion VND, and the total budget contribution will be 17,103 billion VND. The implementation period will be 10 years.
However, Ha Tinh Provincial Party Secretary Hoang Trung Dung assessed that the Thach Khe iron mine exploitation project has not yet ensured research on scientific and technical factors and environmental impact assessment, so it is not necessary to exploit it.
According to Mr. Dung, the exploitation of Thach Khe iron mine is also a milestone, but Ha Tinh assessed that "if exploitation continues, there will be many difficulties and risks", especially after the marine environmental incident in 2016.
The project implementation process still has many shortcomings, the level of research on hydrogeological conditions, engineering geology, mining technology, and processing technology is not suitable for the geological characteristics of the mine, does not ensure reliability, and lacks feasibility.
"The Thach Khe iron mine area is a very good tourist development area. There are other mineral areas in the area, TKV can consider supporting the locality in exploitation," Mr. Dung proposed.
Thach Khe iron mine (Thach Ha district) has reserves of about 544 million tons, located in 5 coastal communes of Thach Ha district including: Thach Khe, Dinh Ban, Thach Hai, Thach Tri and Thach Lac.
The total land area of the project is 4,821ha. This area is located 8km east of Ha Tinh city and 1.6km from the East coast.
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