MINING INDUSTRY OF ROMANIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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MINING INDUSTRY OF ROMANIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT
MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND COMMERCE General
Directorate for Mineral Resources
FEBRUARY 2006
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LOCATION OF THE MAIN COAL BASINS
Superscription
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LOCATION OF THE MAIN METAL BASINS
Superscription
Metal ores
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GEOLOGICAL DEPOSITS
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THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE MINING SECTOR
There are 12 companies/societies operating in the
mining sector

• coal  1 national companies for hard coal -
  CNH Petrosani
• 2 national society for lignite SNLO Tg. Jiu
  and SNC Ploiesti
• 1 commercial society for had coal S.C. Banat
  Anina
• metals 2 national companies, C.N. MINVEST S.A.
  Deva and C.N. REMIN Baia Mare
• 4 commercial societies S.C. MOLDOMIN S.A.
  Moldova Noua, S.C. CUPRUMIN S.A. Abrud,
  S.C. Baita S.A. Stei and S.C. BucovinaMin
  Vatra Dornei
• urnaium  1 national company, CNU Bucharest
• salt  1 national society, S.N.S. Bucharest

The mining activities in the present time is
organing in 114 unites 88 mines and open pits
and 26 processing plants
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MINING CLOSURETHE GOVERNMENT HAS APPROVED 8
DECISIONS FOR CLOSURE OF 408 MINING UNITS AND
FROM GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH ACTIVITY
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MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE MINING SECTOR IN THE
RESTRUCTURING PERIOD
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY BASED IN THE
PAST ON THE CENTRAL PLANING ECONOMY HAS
DETERMINED

• EXCEEDING CAPCITIES DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINING
  SECTOR, ECONOMICALLY UNJUSTIFIED
• HIGH BUDEGETARY EFFORTS REQUIRED FROM THE STATE
  BUDGET
• MINING ACTIVITIES TAKING OVER 21,700 HA OF
  FARMING AND FORESTRY LANDS
• BUILDING OF 72 TAILING DAMS, HAVING A STORE
  CAPACITY OF OVER 216 MIL. CUBIC METERS, OUT OF
  WHICH 25 ARE PRESENTLY OPERATING
• BUILDING OF 551 WASTE DEPOSITS, WITH A TOTAL
  SURFACE OF 9,400 HA AND WITH A STORE CAPACITY OF
  OVER 1,4 MILL. TONES
• IGNORING COSTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

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MAIN PROBLEMS OF THE MINING SECTOR IN THE
RESTRUCTURING PERIOD (CONTINUATION)
THE LEGISLATION IN THE PERIOD BEFORE 1990 AND AN
INADEQUATE MANGEMENT, HAS DAMAGED THE
ENVINRONMENT AROUND AREAS BY

• DIRECT OUTLET IN THE EMISSARY OF CONTAMINATED
  WATERS, FROM THE WASTE DEPOSITS, FROM MINES
  AND FROM PROCESSING PLANTS, INCLUDING CYANIDES
• CONSTRUCTION OF WASTE DEPOSITS AND TAILING PONDS,
  HAVING A HIGH RISK LEVEL DUE TO LOW STABILITY OF
  THE SLOPES AND DAMS
• AFFECTING SOME HABITANT AREAS AND LAND OWNERS
• DUST RESULTED FROM WASTE DEPOSITS AND TAILING
  PONDS
• NOISE

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MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE MINING SECTOR, ACCORDING
TO THE STRATEGY APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 2004

• REASSESS OF THE MINING PERIMETERS AND
  CONCENTRATION OF THE ACTIVITY IN THE MOST
  FAVOURABLE AREAS
• TO DEVELOP MINING PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO THE
  MARKET DEMANDS
• CUTTING DOWN DIRECT INVOLVMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT,
  IN SUSTAINING OF MINING ACTIVITIES, BY
• CUTTING DOWN SUBSIDIES AND SOCIAL TRANSFER FUNDS
  IN THE ORE AND UNDERGROUND MINES FOR LIGNITE,
  STARTING WITH YEAR 2007
• ALLOTIONG OF THE SUBSIDIES FOR HARD COAL
  PRODUCTION TILL YEAR 2010, ACCORDING TO THE
  PROVISIONS OF THE CE DIRECTIVE 1407/2002.
  REGARDING THE STATE AID FOR COAL SECTOR
• SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR REDUNDANT PERSONNEL FROM
  THE MINING ACTIVITY

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MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE MINING SECTOR(CONTINUATION
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• UNDERTATE OF MINING ACTIVITIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH
  MINING PROTECTION CRITERIA
• ALLOTING THE FUNDS FOR MINING CLOSURE AND
  ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION (FROM BUGETARY AND
  EXTERNAL SOURCES)
• MITIGATION OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT DUE TO MINNG
  CLOSURE AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MINING AREAS
• IMPROVEMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL PERFORMANCES, IN THE
  MINES WITH A GOOD DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE AND
  CLOSURE OF NON-VIABLE MINES

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MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE MINING SECTOR(CONTINUATION
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• PRIVATIZATION OF VIABILE MINES AND OF THOSE WITH
  REVIVAL POTENTIAL TO BECOME VIABLE
• UNDERTAKE OF MINING ACTIVITIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH
  MINING PROTECTION CRITERIA
• - MAKING THE INVENTORY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
  DISTURBANCES PRODUCED SO FAR
• - ESTABLISH THE OBLIGATIONS AT THE MINING
  COMPANIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION
• - PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT
  EUROPEAN STANDARDS (NEW DIRECTIVE CE FOR
  MANAGEMENT OF WASTES IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES)
• SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR REDUNDANT PERSONNEL FROM
  THE MINING ACTIVITY
• ECONOMIC REHABILITATION IN FORMER MINING AREAS

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FINANCIAL RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR 2004-2010FOR
MINING CLOSURE AND GEOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
USD mill.
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CONCLUSIONS

• RESTRUCTURING OF THE MINING INDUSTRY IS A VERY
  IMPORTANT OBJECTIV OF THE GOVERNMENT, IN THE
  CONTEXT OF HIS GENERAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC
  POLICIES REGARDING THE ACCESSION OF OUR COUNTRY
  TO THE EUROPEAN UNION
• RESTRUCTURING PROCESS IN THE PERIOD 2004 2010
  HAS IN WIEW THE OBJECTIVES OF THE MINING
  STRATEGY APPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT DECISION NR.
  615/2004
• THESE OBJECTIVES ARE ORIENTED TO THE PRINCIPLES
  OF A SUSTAINABLE OF THE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT
  ESPECIALLY REGARDING PROVIDING RAW ENERGETICAL
  RESOURCES FOR THE ENERGY SECTOR
• STATE INVOLVEMENT SUPPORTING THE MINING INDUSTRY
  WILL BE
• - TOTALLY ELIMINATED STARTING WITH YEAR 2007,
  FOR THE LIGNITE UNDERGROUND MINES
• - TOTALLY ELIMINATED STARTING WITH YEAR 2011,
  FOR THE HARD COAL SECTOR (ACCORDING TO THE
  EC DIRECTIVE 1407/2002
• - DESTINED FOR THE MINING CLOSURE PROGRAMS OF
  NON VIABILE MINES AND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
  REHABILITATION OF THE AFFECTED AREAS, ACCORDING
  TO THE NEW DIRECTIVE REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OF
  THE WASTES IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES

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CONCLUSIONS(CONTINUATION)

• VIABLE MINES AND OPEN PITS WILL BE MODERNIZED, BY
  THEIR OWN SOURCES, BY ATTRACTING PRIVATE FUNDS
  AND / OR BY PRIVATIZATION PROCESS
• WILL BE ACCELERATED THE ACTIONS FOR PRIVATIZATION
  OF
• - ENERGETICAL COMPLEXES ROVINARI , TURCENI,
  CRAIOVA
• - LIGNITE OPEN PITS FROM THE STRUCTURE OF
  NATIONAL SOCIETY OLTENIA SA TG. JIU (MAIN
  LIGNITE PRODUCER)
• - SALT MINES
• FORMER MINING AREAS WILL BE REHABILITATED IN
  ORDER TO ASSURE THE BEST INFRASTRUCTURE
  CONDITIONS FOR NEW INVESTMENT PROJECTS