The Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy continues with its training of outstation personnel for the Bureau of Mines.

Article 60 Without consent of coal mining enterprises, no units or individuals may grow plants or crops or breed animals, take soil or put up buildings or other structures on the land during the validity period for use of the land legally obtained by coal mining enterprises.

(c) Respecting human rights of local and indigenous communities the extractive industry's close link to the land sometimes required the relocation and resettlement of local communities.

The WAMCO agreement, as well as deals concerning iron ore and scrap metal, which are outlined elsewhere in the present report, have had a significant negative impact on the credibility of the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy.

Gold rush, land grabs. Mineral Canyon, you reckon?

The damage to the reputation of the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, in the light of the WAMCO agreement as well as other dealings in iron ore and scrap metal, is likely to take a considerable period of time to repair.

Article 73 If any units or individuals, in violation of the provisions of Article 60 of this Law and without consent of the coal mining enterprise concerned, put up buildings or other structures on the land during the validity period for use of the land legally obatained by the coal mining enterprise, the local people's government shall persuade them to pull down the buildings or other structures if they refuse to do so, they shall be ordered to pull them down.

Areas occupied by indigenous peoples have been subject to intensive development, such as large scale mining, hydroelectric schemes, logging and agro industrial development.

The coal mining enterprise that has obtained approval for establishment shall, by virtue of the document of approval, be issued the mining license by the department in charge of geology and mineral resources.

Summaries of the various projects are presented in tabular form in annex II. The tables regroup projects by theme, namely, (a) agriculture and forestry, (b) land use and landcover, and (c) mineral resources.

4.2.2. Mining

In construction of coal mines the principle of protecting the cultivated land and utilizing the land rationally shall be adhered to.

Membership Coal industry

Mining should not result in leaving the land unsuitable for further uses.

According to Botswana laws, mineral rights are the property of the state, irrespective of the ownership of the land on which they are found.

Because after all, we're doing above ground mining.

Old age pension for miners with long service underground

5. Mineral policies

Suriname views gold as a substitute for the declining bauxite industry and is aggressively pursuing investment.

Since the issuance of its interim report, prepared in accordance with paragraph 8 (f) of Security Council resolution 1579 (2004) (ibid.), the Panel has been able to confirm that a mining cooperatives support mineral purchase agreement between the Republic of Liberia and West Africa Mining Corporation Limited was signed in four copies on 19 January 2005, despite repeated denials to the contrary by the Minister of Lands, Mines and Energy.

The application of the law on mining activities, explosives and the State mining administration is in the competence of the Chief Mining Authority.

Mining and quarrying

That's what the property was originally built around it was a set of mining claims. It was a very productive silver mine.

Moreover, several local officials were reportedly engaged in the illegal sale of mining permits, in contravention of the directives issued by the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy.

The Department of the Interior was crowded with western railroad tycoons, mine owners and land speculators.

I think it's some kind of Clay pit.

Summary of gold, cassiterite and wolframite comptoirs approved by the Ministry of Mines

MME Ministério das Minas e Energia Ministry of Mines and Energy

5. Mineral policies 36 38 GE.97 51547

Various foreign companies operating diamond, titanium, bauxite and gold mines left the country or were forced to suspend their operations.

The Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy clearly lacks the capacity to address illegal mining in such inaccessible locations and there is still no permanent UNMIL deployment north of the Bomi Hills between the Lofa and Moro Rivers.

Background information on structure and or content In table 5 (II), Parties may choose to report N2O emissions from the drainage of soils from two land use categories, Forest Land and Wetlands, for both organic and mineral soils, if they wish to do so.

(a) Resources water, soil, iron ore deposits, construction materials

American Mining Associates

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining

B. Forest based and mineral resources 14 20 5

B. Forest based and mineral resources

The Ministry of the Environment, acting through the autonomous regional corporations (corporaciones regionales autónomas), the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and INCORA have issued mining, forestry or agricultural permits to private national or international enterprises or to individuals without discussing with or actually involving the local populations, even though this is required by a number of acts and regulations.

Land use, land use change and forestry

One option is to develop an extensive reforestation and land rehabilitation programme in areas previously deforested by logging, mineral mining and other destructive industrial activities.

Article 38 To ensure safety in production, the system under which the directors of coal mine administrations and the managers of coal mines assume full responsibility shall be instituted in coal mining enterprises.

A plan for the development of the Territory s mineral resources shall be drawn up.

Article 10 The State shall maintain order in production and other work in coal mine areas and protect the facilities of coal mining enterprises.

The channelling of some part of mineral revenue into other sectors is particularly important, since mineral resources are exhaustible and proceeds from mineral sales will not continue indefinitely.

In the case of mining, major investments in infrastructure are often necessary to allow the development of mineral deposits in remote areas.