Mining obligation for environmental rehabilitation, increases payments for exploitation permits

2024-08-09 08:56:58Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Mining obligation for environmental rehabilitation, increases payments for

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has approved the new way of evaluating the financial guarantees that must be paid by the holders of mining permits for the rehabilitation of the environment.

The first change is related to the payment of the financial guarantee for the realization of the Minimum Work Program, where according to the new instruction, the Albanian Geological Service and the National Agency of Natural Resources must prepare a standard preventive project for the method of their calculation.

These forms must take into account the costs for the closure of the geological exploration works, the progressive rehabilitation and the final rehabilitation of the environment, the permitted mining area and that used by the subject for the development of the mining activity. Until now, the financial guarantee for exploration and exploitation permits was assessed by AKBN and was equal to 10% of the monetary value of the anticipated annual investment.

At the same time, the new instruction includes new type preventive measures for determining the values ​​that mining companies must pay for the final and progressive rehabilitation of the environment, both for exploration and exploitation permits.

According to the new estimates, the mine closure plan amounts to 1,135,307 alleks, from 206,504 alleks that was currently, the rehabilitation of 1 ha of land for the group of metallic, non-metallic minerals, coal and bitumen is predicted to be 884,758 alleks, from 584,432 alleks that was currently , while the rehabilitation of 1 ha of land for the group of construction minerals amounts to 946,846, from 563,115 lek that was currently foreseen.

Meanwhile, the plan for the rehabilitation of 1 ha of scho, clay becomes 773,004 ALL, from 392,490 ALL it was until now. However, these values ​​are examples and will vary depending on the characteristics of the size of the mine and the corresponding volume of work. The standard preventive measures that were in force until now were approved in 2011.


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