Minerals are a delicious bait, easily exploited thoroughly.

National Assembly delegate Pham Van Hoa said that minerals are "delicious bait", many people will exploit them thoroughly, regardless of the consequences, so they need to be strictly managed.

Research on using coal slag from thermal power plants as construction materials

This morning (November 4), the National Assembly discussed in the hall the assessment of the results of the implementation of the socio -economic development plan (SEDP) in 2024 and the expected SEDP in 2025.

National Assembly Delegate Pham Van Hoa ( Dong Thap delegation).

Concerned about the management, exploitation and economical use of minerals, delegate Pham Van Hoa (Dong Thap delegation) said that the Law on Geology and Minerals expected to be passed by the National Assembly at the 8th session has been amended and supplemented to overcome many shortcomings in state management, aiming at effective exploitation, protection and use.

"Minerals are valuable resources of the country, most of which are not renewable and are increasingly depleted, requiring management, exploitation, and economical use, contributing proportionately to the state budget, contributing to the important development of the country," said Mr. Hoa.

However, in reality, many places still have issues that need to be thoroughly researched, because minerals are "delicious bait", many people who know how will exploit them thoroughly, regardless of the consequences, as long as it benefits them.

Many valuable minerals are mixed in with rocks and soil, so organizations and individuals take advantage of loopholes in management laws to circumvent the law, exploiting these rare goods together with common materials for consumption, without being detected.

"In addition, illegal mining of precious minerals occurs locally in some places and still escapes the eyes of the authorities. On the other hand, the declaration of the amount of recovered mineral ores depends on the self-awareness of organizations, businesses and individuals, which is very difficult for state management agencies to control. Not to mention the mineral mines licensed for exploitation under the request-grant mechanism, which also causes losses to the state budget," said Mr. Hoa.

Delegate Pham Van Hoa was concerned that in mountainous areas, there are accompanying minerals such as soil, rock, coal slag mixed with precious minerals that have not been exploited and discarded, causing waste. In some places, they are piled high, posing a risk of landslides and environmental pollution, threatening the lives and health of people, while there is not enough soil and rock for construction projects.

Overview of this morning's session of the National Assembly.

Another issue, mentioned by delegate Hoa, is that the transport infrastructure has been approved by the National Assembly and gradually implemented, but implementation in localities is facing difficulties.

"The pressure of using common sand and gravel for filling, the possibility of material shortage is very large, will affect the construction progress of projects and works, but paradoxically, the amount of soil and rock discharged from the mines is not used because it has not been researched for use in construction works," said Mr. Hoa.

From the above contents, delegate Pham Van Hoa proposed that the Government, ministries and branches have necessary solutions to use waste soil and rock from mineral mines, coal slag, thermal power plants and power plants to replace river sand as a common material.

"Sea sand also needs to be carefully studied and have its impact assessed so that its use does not affect the environment; research should be done to build overpasses in transportation projects on weak land, low-lying areas, and the Mekong Delta," said Mr. Hoa.

National Assembly Delegate To Van Tam (Kon Tum delegation).

Forest damage continues to occur.

Concerned about forest management and protection, National Assembly delegate To Van Tam (Kon Tum delegation) said that in recent years, we have achieved many achievements in this field, raising the forest cover rate to 42%.

However, forest damage continues to occur and is at risk of increasing. Data shows that from 2011 to present, the area of damaged forest is estimated at more than 22,800 hectares. Of which, about 13,000 hectares of forest have been burned, the rest is due to illegal logging.

Mr. Tam said that forest damage causes many serious consequences such as loss of biodiversity, reduction of natural and cultural values of forests, climate change, soil erosion and is one of the factors of extreme and unusual weather.

Illegal deforestation is still a hot issue that needs to be thoroughly resolved. The government needs to further strengthen forest management and protection and thoroughly handle illegal deforestation.

From the above issues, delegate To Van Tam suggested that the National Assembly and the National Assembly Standing Committee should monitor afforestation and replacement afforestation. On the Government side, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of forest cover on biodiversity, forest environment, climate change prevention, drought, landslides, etc. At the same time, strictly control economic and social development projects that convert forests; have effective afforestation plans before granting forest clearance permits.

Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/dai-bieu-quoc-hoi-khoang-san-la-mieng-moi-ngon-de-bi-khai-thac-triet-de-192241104103535682.htm