500 miners are disqualified annually
Director General of Mines Exploitation of the Ministry of Industry: 500 miners are disqualified annually.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, Kavous Ghasemi added: "In ordinary mining activities, what is seen in the appearance of the story is the destructive aspect of the work."
He said: in 7 to 8 mines of decorative stones in the village of Joshqan Sterk in Isfahan, according to the importance of the issue; He was monitored by the ministry and found to have local dissidents.
The Director General of Mines Exploitation of the Ministry of Industry continued: "After initial investigations, the case of these mines was taken to the Supreme Council of Mines, where a special vote was issued for the mines of this region, and no other mines were placed there from 1396 to 1397." Do not build.
"We deal with violating miners," Ghasemi said. "Every year, 500 mines are disqualified and about 500 mines are encouraged."
The Director General of Mines of the Ministry of Industry described the lack of mine waste management as a problem in the country's mining industry and added: First of all; The management of the mine waste is with the holder of the mine concession and in the next stage the government is to blame, because the law discusses the reconstruction and rehabilitation of mines.
He said: Article 25 of the Mines Law states; "The government has to pay 10 percent of the miner's government salary annually, and this payment has to be transferred to the account of the Forest Organization, and the responsibility for the reconstruction of the mines lies with the Forest Organization, but this task of the government is not fulfilled in the real sense."
The Director General of Mines Exploitation of the Ministry of Silence stated: Note 6 of Article 14 states that "15% of what the miners pay should be spent on infrastructure and the city where the mine is located", which unfortunately the treasury does not pay in full. For example, last year Isfahan received 1,200 billion tomans, which in principle; 15% of this amount has not been spent accurately and correctly on the reconstruction and development of mining cities in Isfahan province.
Hojjat Vermarziari, a rural development expert on the other side of the studio; He described the mechanism of the country's industries and mines as non-transparent and added: "Even the transfer of mines is not done fairly." On the other hand, mining problems are not limited to environmental effects; In some cases, when sulfur is released; There are also health problems and biological pollution that will not be compensated for by paying a fee. Therefore, there is a need for more criminalizations and transparency in these cases.
He continued: in the construction of the mine, one should not only pay attention to its economic efficiency; In some cases, about 23,000 trees were destroyed and cut down for the construction of mines. It is interesting that for such a violation, a fine of about 40 billion Tomans was cut, which after many consultations; This fine was reduced to 100 million tomans; So the application of our law is not very definite.
Mohammad Reza Bahraman, the head of Iran Mining House, said in a video connection with this program: "Our suggestion is that in our country, in accordance with the whole world; The task of reconstruction and rehabilitation of mines should be entrusted to the miner, and of course, the supervision and implementation of mining rehabilitation should be entrusted to the miner, and of course, supervision and implementation of mining rehabilitation should be done expertly and calculated.
Babak Bahadori, another industry and mining expert, said in a live telephone connection with this program: "In our country, there are necessary frameworks for placing mines in a legal and principled structure, but our laws also have drawbacks;" Inefficiencies and weaknesses in planning, management and monitoring have caused problems to become more apparent.
Ghasemi, Director General of Mines Exploitation of the Ministry of Industry in the studio, said: "In order to solve the problems of Joshqan Sterk region of Isfahan province, we have proposed to compile and regulate environmental regulations, which of course is being done." The measures mentioned about the activity of the mines in that area are also to be formed by supervisory organizations such as Kashan courts and the judiciary.
He continued: "Procedures regarding the management of mine wastes are being prepared, according to which; Necessary arrangements will be made based on it.
"We do not have enough staff to supervise the mines," said the director general of mining at the Ministry of Industry.
Kavous Ghasemi, stating that there are about 14,000 mines in the country, added: "In contrast to this number of mines; There are only 5 people to monitor and inspect these mines, which is normal, ideal monitoring is not done.
He continued: "If these 5 supervisors face cases and violations, about a thousand miners will probably be disqualified every year, because the violators and intruders in the village may not have observed the ethical principles, so the violators will be dealt with." .
Regarding some miners who encroach on the village and are still not disqualified, Ghasemi said: "If the extension office based in the provinces submits a report on the encroachment of the mines on the villages; It will undoubtedly be disqualified, but only if the miners' waste management is done by the miners and there are no rural or local conflicts; Their license is renewed.
Ali Bali, Deputy Director of the Habitats and Regional Affairs Office of the Environment Organization, said in a live video connection with the program: "Apart from its duties, the Environment Organization is taking measures to rehabilitate and rehabilitate mines, but in accordance with the amendment to the Mining Law; Adopted in 1990, in the area for the four national park areas, protected areas, national plans and wildlife; Inquiries are taken from the environment, and accordingly, areas outside the four zones do not receive environmental inquiries.
He continued: Regarding the exploitation of mines; A person from the Ministry of Industry is responsible for monitoring the activities of the mines, but the Environment Organization takes the necessary measures based on monitoring, but these measures are not enough, because the role of environmental protection is weak in the mining law, although environmental regulations are about 2 years. It was previously prepared by the Environment Organization, which unfortunately was not approved by the Ministry of Silence.