LICENSE FOR COAL MINE WILL ONLY ENTERPRISE
Today Sakhalin Governor Ivan Malakhov, held a meeting on the issuance of licenses for coal, which announced a strategic approach to the further development of the coal industry. The meeting was attended by the heads of regional and federal authorities related to environmental and fuel-energy complex. The Governor expressed his concern that the coal industry Sakhalin region there are small businesses that do not have sufficient capacity for self-development and improvement of technology, full compliance with environmental requirements, uncompetitive in the international market due to low production volumes and relatively high production costs.
He noted that the competitive environment in this area of the economy in Sakhalin has already been created. - Today, coal enterprises issued licenses is sufficient to fully meet the needs of our domestic market and export opportunities, even taking into account the future growth of the shipping capacity of ports of Sakhalin - the governor said. Ivan Malakhov said that the auction commission responsible for issuing licenses to mine coal deposits should represent the interests of the regional authorities. To this end, decided to strengthen the representation of regional authorities as part of the commission.
As for the suspension of licenses of existing businesses that do not fulfill the conditions stipulated in the licensing, the governor said: - I am glad that the license can be suspended only by a court decision, because I do not want too much power over the producer officials. Ivan Malakhov instructed the Department of the fuel and energy complex and housing and communal services - to develop a strategy for the development of the coal industry on Sakhalin Island in the work of issuing licenses for mining.
