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.

Ministry of Mines

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.

The fuel sector was also taxed to finance the development of other mineral exports.

28. The Department of Mines and Energy indicated that it was focusing on neutralizing, or at least mitigating environmental impacts from the mining sector.

In 2002, the sector has continued to show a declining trend both for diamond production as well as mining and quarrying.

Given that the bulk of foreign investment was in the mineral resources sector, the Government was also working to develop the non oil sector.

A recession with depressed mineral prices results in a contraction of the sector, while a boom leads to increased demand and higher prices, thus benefiting the mining sector in Namibia.

Minister of Energy and Mines

There was a slowdown in the mining subsector in 1997 which caused the global output of the industrial sector to increase by only 3.3 per cent, compared to 5.4 per cent in 1996.

(g) Ministry of Mining, Geology and Environment

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining

Policies which address the exploration for and exploitation of mineral resources are of particular relevance to diversification endeavours by the private sector in mineral rich countries.

13. The average wage was higher in the goods producing sectors ( Arg 912), with the highest wages in mining and quarrying and electricity, gas and water.

Before examining and approving the application for establishing a coal mining enterprise, it is necessary for the department in charge of geology and mineral resources to verify the proposed limits of mining and the plan for comprehensive utilization of the resources and write down its comments with signature.

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining

The said department shall examine its actual production and safety conditions before issuing to it the coal production license if the requirements prescribed in this Law are met.

This sector covers emissions from energy end use in the household, commercial and public sectors as well as from the combustion of fossil fuels and by products from industrial processes.

Teams from the Ministry of Industry and Minerals, the focal point Ministry for Fallujah, have now completed the housing assessments and have presented their report to the Minister.

This downturn in the goods producing sectors was particularly influenced by the decreases in the building, manufacturing and agricultural and fishing sectors, as the rest of the goods producing sectors (mining and electricity, gas and water) would have increased again in the first quarter of 1996.

In many developing countries, clear property rights are very important for the development and diversification of the agricultural and mineral sectors.

Mineral rights

Article 37 The people's governments at or above the county level and the departments in charge of the coal industry under such governments and other departments concerned shall exercise strict supervision and control over coal mine safety in production.

However, the sector's contribution to GDP declined from 21 percent (1983 1989) to 14, 6 percent (1990 2000).

It is rich in mineral resources, natural mineral resources.

Article 15 The department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council shall, according to the coal resources designated in the national plan of the mineral resources arrange for the drawing up and execution of a plan for coal production and development.

The consultation considered existing initiatives and standards relevant to the extractive sector, sought to clarify human rights responsibilities of business, and examined ways to strengthen protection of human rights in the extractive sector.

Article 14 The department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council shall, according to the national plan for exploring the mineral resources, work out the national plan for exploring the coal resources.

Article 24 The department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council shall be responsible for the administration of the issue of coal production licenses to the following coal mining enterprises

Subsidy and sector reform are also anticipated to reduce CH4 emissions from coal mining as a by product of economic policy objectives(e.g. DEU, GBR).

3.2.5. Mining regulations

The departments in charge of the coal industry under the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, according to the coal resources designated in the national plan of the mineral resources arrange for the drawing up and execution of plans for local coal production and development and submit the plans to the department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council for the record.

There has also been a marked increase in the number of women working in non traditional sectors such as transportation (2.72 per cent), electric power (0.6 per cent), construction (0.4 per cent) and mining (0.03 per cent).

An insured person who, because of an illness or disability, is not able to work in his previous job or engage in another economically equivalent employment in the mining sector is considered to have a reduced working capacity as a miner unless he engages in equivalent employment outside the mining sector.

Currently, there are only 8 mines that are in production in the country 4 diamond mines, 2 copper nickel mines, 1 gold mine, 1 soda ash mine and 1 coal mine.

Of the 2,300 companies involved in the Global Compact, 60 were from the oil and gas sector and 62 from mining and metals.

The sustained GDP growth is supported by the improvement in a number of economic sectors, including agriculture, mining, construction, manufacturing and services.

It has assisted Eritrea in creating an enabling environment for investment in the mineral sector.

I went and knocked on the door of the Rio Tinto Chair of Advanced Mineral Extraction at the Royal School of Mines and said, How do you make steel?

However, the performance of some mining industries has been encouraging gold production in Ghana increased by 10 per cent in the first half of 1997 and the oil sector grew faster than commodity production in 1997.

Joint decision on mineral resources

Other branches of material production

Article 33 Coal mines shall be closed or abandoned in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations as well as the rules of the department in charge of the coal industry under the State Council.

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.