"Notice on Strengthening the Management of Development and Utilization of High-Potassium Iron Ore"

The Ministry of Land and Resources of Hubei Province recently issued the “Circular on Strengthening the Management of Development and Utilization of High-Potassium Iron Ore” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”), requesting the cities (states) such as Yichang, Jingzhou and Enshi to strengthen the “Notice” of high-phosphorus iron ore pipes. It is clear that the total number of high-phosphorus iron ore mining rights, the mode of delivery, and the scope of the mining area (exploration operation area) should be consistent with the setting of mining rights, and it is forbidden to set up outside the areas specified in the “Provisions for the Establishment of Mining Rights for High-phosphorus Iron Ore in Hubei Province, Hubei Province”. High-phosphorus iron ore mining rights. The area where the prospective mineral exploration rights and mining rights of the high-phosphorus iron ore deposit can be newly established. Except for the provincial exploration and exploration projects, the remaining prospecting rights and mining rights must be transferred through bidding, auction, and listing. In the scope of the “Hubei Phosphorus Iron Ore Mining Rights Setup Plan”, the original high-phosphorus iron ore mining rights, which were used for cementing sand shales, iron-bearing sandstones, and kaolin mines, were illegally approved or disguised as ultra vires for approval. The original issuing authority cancelled the mining right. The “Hubei Phosphorus Iron Ore Mining Rights Setup Plan” in the Hubei Province stipulates that no new mines within the high-phosphorus iron ore prospecting and mining rights zone can be set up and be closed without conditions so as to leave no personnel, no mining equipment, and no stay Buildings, destroying the wellhead.

The "Notice" requires that the application for high-phosphorus iron ore mining rights should have an independent corporate legal person qualification, and the registered capital of the enterprise should not be less than 30% of the total investment in mine construction in the approved mineral resources development and utilization program. Among them, the mining enterprises that carry out industrialized metallurgical metallurgical trials have registered capital and credit certificates of no less than 100 million yuan; large and medium-sized high-phosphorus iron ore mining enterprises must set up mine geological surveying institutions; small-scale high-phosphorus iron ore mining enterprises should be equipped with geology Measure and other related technical personnel; The scale of mine production for industrial metallurgical metallurgical trials shall be determined in accordance with the approval of the Hubei Provincial Department of Land and Resources and the Provincial Department of Science and Technology for the selection and metallurgy test.

The "Notice" requires all localities to strengthen the management of the "three-rate" indicator for the development and utilization of high-phosphorus iron ore. The management authority for registration of mining rights shall strictly review the development and utilization of high-phosphorus iron ore, and the recovery recovery rate shall not be lower than the national standard. It is forbidden to “get rich and abandon poverty”. All localities must increase the management of the collection of high-phosphorus iron ore mining rights and mineral resources compensation fees. All high-phosphorus iron ore mining rights prices must be collected on time according to the mining rights contract. Among them, the industrial mining and metallurgy test mining area mining rights and payments should be charged annually in accordance with the amount of annual mining; mineral resources compensation fees in principle from the amount of collection, and the actual consumption of resource reserves linked.

The "Notice" stressed that all localities must establish a long-term supervision mechanism for the exploration and development of high-phosphorus iron ore. The local administrative departments of land and resources at all levels shall, in accordance with the development and utilization plans, strengthen supervision over the rational exploitation and utilization of mineral resources by mining enterprises, and periodically assess the utilization indexes of mining enterprises such as mining recovery rate and mineral processing recovery rate. If it is found that activities that do not carry out mining activities, mining abandoning poverty, or destroying resources in accordance with development and utilization plans shall be subject to administrative penalties and must be transferred for investigation of criminal responsibility, they must be resolutely handled according to law. The local competent department of land and resources administration at all levels shall, in accordance with the requirements of the “Regulations on the Inspection and Administration of Land and Resources Resources Law Enforcement,” advance the advancement of the law enforcement juncture and focus downwards, conscientiously organize inspections, and promptly detect and effectively stop the unlawful acts such as unlicensed exploration and exploitation. .