VS Industry Ministry `black diggers#39;
Illegal mining in the southern Urals has reached critical proportions. At the same time, among the licensees running only one-third. This was announced yesterday, October 10th at the regional meeting of the heads of municipalities of the Southern Urals, the Minister of Industry and Natural Resources of the Chelyabinsk Region Vladimir Pavlov. He urged the mayors to do geological control on their territories.
Chel.ru experts believe that the `` illegal diggers are due to complicated procedures for issuance of permits, as well as due to prolonged lack of control in this area.
Yesterday, October 10, held in Chelyabinsk regional meeting with the heads of municipalities. It voiced the problematic issues associated with the production of common minerals in our province. Conducted by specialists of the Ministry of Industry of the monitoring showed that the illegal mining in the region is in a critical condition.
At the beginning of October 2012, according to the ministry, 337 remain valid licenses for subsoil use. The actual mining operations are only 102 organizations, often with serious violations in this area. In the first nine months of this year, 237 directed the relevant notices, suspended 53 and revoked 19 licenses.
`The situation is aggravated by the fact that bona fide mining companies have competitive pressure from illegal miners` - said Minister of Industry and Natural Resources of the Chelyabinsk Region Vladimir Pavlov. According to him, because of the massive nature of the violations in the Southern Urals law enforcement agencies have established an interagency task force to combat illegal mining. `But with the municipalities no work in this direction is, - said Mr. Pavlov. - They are not only indifferent to the facts of illegal extraction of common minerals, but they are often hidden. And this despite the fact that according to the law #39;On Subsoil#39; executive body of local self-government has the right to suspend the presence of violations of geological work `.
In the example of the minister cited the situation in the vicinity of Karabash where illegal mining platy quartzite is more than five years. Plunder the approximate amount of the mineral is 50-60 cubic meters per day, the amount of 150-180 thousand rubles. Neither MET nor any other tax payments from such production in the region and the city budget does not do that.
As told Vladimir Pavlov, the administration Karabash issue permits to conduct ground works and enters into contracts for landscaping, which indicate that the payment is made to the executor assembled on site with stone. #39;Almost all the sites are in direct view of the administrative buildings. Limestone is transported along the only road that runs through the city - said Vladimir Pavlov. - A similar situation with uncontrolled extraction of minerals formed in Miass, Sosnovskoye and Chebarkulsky areas `.
The Minister Vladimir Pavlov proposed to the heads of municipalities to intensify geological control on their territories. In his opinion, it is necessary to hold monthly raids on geological control on a quarterly basis, in order to provide information interaction of the regional Industry Ministry of the actions undertaken. And also lead the work on spatial planning within the constraints of mining assets.
Experts in the South Urals mining believe that companies that develop career #39;in black#39;, appear as due to the long approval procedures required documents and high rental value of the land, and because of the fact that for a long time this area no not in control.
`The right to inspect entrepreneurs working in the field of mining, municipalities have until July of this year. Prior to this a long time, this segment remained virtually unchecked that unleashes unscrupulous companies - says the head of the city district Karabashsky Vyacheslav Yagodinets. - We conduct monthly monitoring activities in mining. On the grounds of the city managed to install almost complete order in this area.
Each holder of a license to mining has already signed a contract with the Authority to lease land, designed the other necessary documentation. Regularly made to the regional taxes and the federal budget, and the city budget - rent for the land #39;. For two months of payments to the budget Karabash, according to Vyacheslav Yagodintsa have increased by almost 150 thousand rubles a month.
Producing companies in Karabash flagstone illegally, according to the head of the city, not now. `Before, most licensees violated the licensing terms - he explains. - Today, as part of the law #39;On Subsoil `we were able to force them to fulfill licensing agreements#39;. The businessmen, who did not respond to advocacy, administration Karabash together with the regional Ministry of Industry intends to withdraw the license. `After our tests under hardship licenses are now four companies - added Vyacheslav Yagodinets. - A few more of these solutions Ministry of Industry experts are preparing on their own initiative #39;.
`I think the violations in mining operations occur to a greater extent because of the long procedure of registration of the necessary permits, - says Director of the Company` UralBuildIndustry `Michael Tel#39;nov. - Upon receipt of the license and before the work requires a minimum of two years of financial, documentary and temporary investments. Apparently, not every company the strength to bear it. Besides working with natural resources implies considerable overhead costs such as rent of land `.
However, experts have noticed that in the business of mining in addition to time required to process the documents is another important problem - the complexity of working with the Railways. `In our field, it is very difficult each company individually to lobby for their interests in the government, and even more so at the level of the carrier-monopoly Russian Railways, - says Mikhail Tel#39;nov. - We are in the market to rubble in 1999. As practice shows, in addition to rail all the problems are solved. About 70-80 percent of the value of crushed stone, sand and other non-metallic materials for the consumer are just shipping costs. To facilitate interaction with the Railways and power structures in Russia created a lot of associations such as the Association of Career Urals `` and `all-Russian union Nedra`.
Work alone is very difficult. I think the authorities should pay attention to this problem `.
More respondents site suggested that perhaps the authorities are exaggerating the scale of violations. #39;For a long time I communicate with many YUZHNOURALSKY, Urals and Russian companies and associations working in the field of non-metal industry - continues Mr. Tel#39;nov. - Of those who are engaged in illegal mining, heard, but to face them so far failed `.
Maria KRUHMALEVA
