Around 21,170 hectares of land in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been licensed for bauxite mining by the people's committee, including around 4,917 hectares of forest.
This is part of Lam Dong’s bauxite exploitation planning approved by the provincial people’s committee.
According to the plan, the communes of Loc Ngai, B’La, Loc Quang and Loc Tan communes and Loc Thang Town in Bao Lam District and some areas in Di Linh District and Bao Loc City would all be impacted by the mining.
However, according to the local Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the forested area licensed for bauxite exploitation overlaps the land already leased by 12 companies. The area also includes 11 hectares of preventive forest which are banned for mineral mining by the Law on Forestry and Mineral Exploitation.
The department has asked the provincial people’s committee to reconsider the planning to help protect the environment.
The Vietnamese National Coal and Mineral Industries Holding Limited has already sought government approval to raise the annual capacity of its two mining and processing complexes in the Central Highlands, Tan Rai in Lam Dong and Nhan Co in Dak Nong Province to 800,000 tonnes each.
Lam Dong plan to extend bauxite exploitation
Around 21,170 hectares of land in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been licensed for bauxite mining by the people's committee, including around 4,917 hectares of forest.
Source: dtinews.vn
