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Raw Materials Initiative and Member State - Slovenia
Slavko Solar, Geological survey of Slovenia
Gabriela Borc-Smolic, Ministry of Economy of Slovenia
Conference 'Mineral Resources for Europe‘, Prague, April 28-29, 2009
Content• Current state of play in mining sector of
Slovenia– Mineral resource potential and production – Revising Mining Act– National mineral resource management
programme
• Raw Materials Initiative’s challenges for Slovenia– II. and III. Pillar and horizontal cooperation
• Future steps
Mineral production
Mineral potential
Revising Mining Act
• Why?: disharmony, simplification• Topics: Mining rights, Inspectorate,
permits, competent person register• Schedule: fall 2009• Actors: All stakeholders • Desired outcome: improved and easier
procedures - implementation
National Mineral Resource Management programme
• General programme – with Environmental Impact Assessment / Nature
conservation supplement
• Main features: – SD based preamble
– State of the play and perspectives
– Goals (general and specific)
– Conditions,• Principles, Spatial and environmental considerations,
exploration & research, …
GeoZS Perspective on Raw Materials Initiavite
Raw Materials Initiative’s challenges for Slovenia
• II. Pillar
• III. Pillar
• Horizontal,
inter-sectorial
cooperation
II. Pillar Issues
• Framework conditions
• Knowledge base,
• Research projects & Cohesion policy funding,
• Skills shortage, and
• Public awareness.
South East Europe project:
SARMaSustainable Aggregates Resource
Management
Geological survey of SloveniaLEAD PARTNER
II. European Minerals Day
15-17. May 2009
in Slovenia– Termit– Marmor Hotavlje– Idrija– Mežica– GeoZS
http://www.geo-zs.si http://www.mineralsday.eu
III. Pillar Issues
• Resource efficiency,• Resource-efficient products,• Secondary raw materials,• Recycling of secondary raw materials,• Recycling, and• Renewable raw materials.
Horizontal cooperation
• Horizontal, inter-sectorial cooperation among ministries – (economy, environment,
administration, research and technology, regional development and others….)
Future steps …
• Revision of Mining Act
• Implementation of National Mineral Resource Programme– Commodity
Programmes
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