Hainan to promote national strategic mineral exploration and development
2017-11-16 16:27:49 [Print]
Hainan Provincial Office of Land and Resources claimed on November 10 that Ministry of Land and Resources of China has approved the province’s related mineral resources planning during 2016 to 2020
According to its planning, Hainan will construct the oil&gas supporting service base for exploration of oil and gas and meanwhile fully implement the strategy to be a strong marine province. From the year of 2017, the approval for non-national strategic mineral exploration projects have been suspended; the total mining amount of molybdenum, zircon, ilmenite, fluorite, quartz sand, stone veneer, kaolin, etc . have been strictly controlled; indemnificatory minerals like architectural sand soil, geothermal and natural drinking mineral water should be orderly developed; the mining of rare earth and coral reef limestone should be banned and the excavation of clay minerals by occupying farmland should be forbidden by farmland.
. Hainan will vigorously promote the national strategic mineral exploration and development of oil, gas, etc . and prohibit the exploitation of rare earth, coral reef limestone.According to its planning, Hainan will construct the oil&gas supporting service base for exploration of oil and gas and meanwhile fully implement the strategy to be a strong marine province. From the year of 2017, the approval for non-national strategic mineral exploration projects have been suspended; the total mining amount of molybdenum, zircon, ilmenite, fluorite, quartz sand, stone veneer, kaolin, etc . have been strictly controlled; indemnificatory minerals like architectural sand soil, geothermal and natural drinking mineral water should be orderly developed; the mining of rare earth and coral reef limestone should be banned and the excavation of clay minerals by occupying farmland should be forbidden by farmland.