In recent times, Quang Ninh province has regularly directed and organized strict and effective management of mineral resources, and granted licenses for exploration, planning, auctioning, mining, and transportation of minerals for construction materials in the province in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Minerals.
When the 2010 Mineral Law was issued, along with decrees guiding its implementation, the Provincial People's Committee issued 23 legal documents in the field of minerals and directive and administrative documents in the state management of minerals for construction materials in accordance with the Mineral Law and local conditions. The documents issued by the province basically met the requirements of consistency, timeliness and compliance with legal regulations, ensuring feasibility in the implementation process; creating a legal corridor and contributing to improving the effectiveness of state management of natural resources and environment in the province, contributing to concretizing and making administrative procedures transparent, creating resources for socio-economic development of the province.
From the approved plans, from 2019 to present, Quang Ninh province has issued 24 mineral exploration licenses for 29 mines; issued 37 mineral exploitation licenses (27 newly issued, 8 extended, 2 transferred mining rights); issued 19 decisions to close mines (12 decisions to close stone mines for common construction materials, 4 decisions to close clay mines for bricks and tiles, 3 decisions to close sand mines for common construction materials) and is appraising many dossiers to continue closing other mineral exploitation mines.
During the exploration and exploitation process, most of the licensed units have actively completed relevant legal procedures, complied with the contents specified in the granted mining licenses and legal regulations; fully notified the date of commencement of basic mine construction, date of commencement of exploitation, exploitation plan, mine executive director; submitted mine design, established and marked the mining area and periodically reported on mineral activities according to regulations.
Through the assessment of the functional sector, the units authorized to exploit minerals for construction materials comply with the correct capacity and exploitation design. Most of the units granted exploitation licenses use exploitation technology associated with mineral processing and use, such as: Limestone exploitation is crushed and screened into various types of stone to serve construction needs; clay exploitation is associated with brick and tile factories, implementing clay swapping between factories for economical, reasonable use, and improved efficiency.
The exploitation of minerals for construction materials by licensed units in the province in recent times has made positive contributions to the province in solving difficulties in the lack of filling materials for key and dynamic traffic projects and works. Since then, many projects and works in the province have been completed on schedule, thoroughly solving the poor traffic infrastructure in many remote areas; increasing connectivity and communication between urban areas and highlands, between developed and underdeveloped areas of the province, contributing to improving and enhancing the quality of people's lives and sustainable poverty reduction.
In particular, the exploitation of minerals for construction materials in the province has created many jobs each year and contributed revenue to the state budget. From 2019 to July 2024 alone, the exploitation of minerals for construction materials has collected nearly 500 billion VND in taxes and fees of all kinds to the state budget. Of which, the fee for granting the right to exploit resources and minerals is over 176 billion VND, the resource tax is nearly 162 billion VND, the environmental protection fee is nearly 87 billion VND, and the land rent is over 73 billion VND.
In the coming time, the Provincial People's Committee will continue to direct departments, branches, sectors, and local People's Committees to effectively implement the review and strict management of mineral exploitation projects for construction materials in the area, ensuring that projects operate in accordance with licenses, production and transportation plans, absolutely not allowing organizations and individuals to take advantage of illegal exploitation and strictly handle violations.
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