In Ha Long city, 22/32 communes and wards have mineral resources (coal, sand, stone, clay, and leveling soil) ; of which 18 communes and wards have coal resources. with 9 coal industry units ; 8 units exploiting clay and producing construction materials ( bricks , n packages) ; 12 units exploit and process stone minerals for construction materials; there are 16 ports, port clusters, and wharves. With abundant resources and minerals, there is a potential risk of illegal exploitation, transportation, and trading. However, with the drastic participation of leadership, direction, and many synchronous solutions, the city has controlled the situation well, preventing the formation of hot spots and complications.
To improve the effectiveness of natural resources and mineral management in the area, local Party committees and authorities have issued many documents, resolutely directing agencies, units and localities to seriously implement directives, resolutions and conclusions of the provincial and municipal Party Committees, especially Resolution No. 16-NQ/TU dated May 9, 2019 of the Provincial Party Committee on strengthening the Party's leadership in the management of coal and mineral resources in the province. Propagating, disseminating and thoroughly grasping the Resolution and instructions of the Municipal Party Committee are regular and continuous tasks; promptly assessing, urging and reminding units to seriously implement them.
The city thoroughly implements the spirit of Resolution 16-NQ/TU, in any locality where violations or negativity related to the management of coal and mineral resources (sand, stone, gravel, and leveling soil) occur, the Party Secretary, Chairman of the People's Committee, Chief of Police of communes and wards, heads of Party Committees and Heads of agencies, units, and enterprises must take responsibility, and at the same time consider handling the responsibility of agencies and individuals advising, appraising, and approving projects if there is a situation of taking advantage of project implementation to illegally exploit minerals.
For the People's Committees at the commune level; departments, offices and units related to the mineral sector have proactively organized to disseminate and implement the contents in appropriate forms such as through conferences, Party cell meetings, news, articles, and propaganda reports, organizing to disseminate widely to cadres, Party members and people of all walks of life, creating high consensus and changing awareness of the management and exploitation of resources and minerals in the area.
The city also directed departments, units, communes and wards to coordinate with mineral mining enterprises to step up the fight against violations, strengthen the management of resources and transportation routes, and mineral consumption; clearly define the responsibilities of collectives and individuals in the work of protecting resources and mine boundaries. Implement and maintain a regular meeting regime with the coal industry to proactively grasp and promptly handle and remove difficulties and obstacles. Coal industry units have proactively organized protection measures and coordinated with the city, People's Committees of relevant communes and wards to protect, inspect and prevent illegal coal mining activities, ensuring security and order in mine boundaries and management areas.
Similarly, for other minerals, the locality regularly coordinates with relevant departments and branches to develop plans for mineral mines for construction materials; investment projects, exploration and exploitation of minerals for construction materials in the area according to regulations. Inspect and supervise activities at construction material trading yards; inspect and protect unexploited minerals, especially sand, clay and landfill soil, to prevent illegal mining, transportation and trading of minerals. At the same time, rectify activities and raise awareness of law compliance for organizations operating in the mineral sector in the area.
The issuance and extension of mineral exploitation licenses and the closure of mineral mines must comply with the contents of the provincial mineral planning and legal regulations; the process of document appraisal is always checked and carefully considered for issues related to prohibited areas, restricted mineral activities, issues related to the environment, infrastructure, and local people's lives. At the same time, units and enterprises licensed for mineral exploitation must commit to strictly comply with legal regulations on land use and environmental protection before implementing the project...
In the first 9 months of 2024, there was no illegal coal mining or processing in Ha Long City. Through inspection, 13 cases/13 subjects of buying, selling, trading, transporting, and gathering coal of illegal origin were detected and handled; 150.13 tons of coal of all kinds were confiscated; and 91 million VND was imposed for administrative violations. Regarding other minerals, the city inspected and handled 3 cases of violations related to land, illegal dumping, illegal sand mining, imposed a fine of over 50 million VND, and forced the return of the value of the violated exhibits of over 3 million VND. In addition, the city coordinated with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to inspect and complete the violation handling file for 1 unit, imposed a fine of 175 million VND; forced the return of illegal profits of over 24 million VND; Force environmental restoration and implementation of solutions to bring exploited areas beyond the permitted exploitation scope to a safe state.
With many synchronous and drastic solutions, the state management of natural resources and minerals in Ha Long City has had positive changes. Thereby, continuing to control the situation well, not allowing hot spots of coal and mineral exploitation to occur in the area.
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