To date, Tien Giang has granted 12 licenses for river sand mining, while Ben Tre is preparing to mine 3 sand mines to supply sand for transportation projects.
A sand mine in Tien Giang province is currently being exploited; the province has issued 12 licenses for river sand mining - Photo: MT
Mr. Nguyen Minh Canh, Vice Chairman of the Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee, has just signed a decision to establish a Council to appraise the environmental impact assessment report of the project "Exploitation of mineral resources for common construction materials (sand for leveling) in the Quoi Son mine area in Quoi Son commune, Chau Thanh district, Ben Tre province" and appointed Mr. Doan Van Danh, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, as its chairman.
The council is tasked with reviewing and evaluating the environmental impact assessment report of the aforementioned project and submitting it to the Chairman of the Ben Tre Provincial People's Committee for consideration and approval. The Quoi Son mine has reserves of over 1 million cubic meters of sand.
This is one of three sand mines that Ben Tre province is preparing to put into operation, primarily to supply sand for leveling the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 construction project as directed by the Prime Minister, and partly to provide materials for infrastructure and civil engineering projects in the province and surrounding areas.
Meanwhile, according to the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Tien Giang province, the province has so far granted 12 permits for river sand mining to supply 5 key transportation projects in the southern region, with a total volume of approximately 9.698 million cubic meters of sand.
Tien Giang province is continuing to consider licensing additional sand mines to ensure a sufficient supply of 15.95 million cubic meters of sand for transportation projects.
For the Ho Chi Minh City Ring Road 3 project, Tien Giang province was assigned a target of supplying 6.6 million cubic meters of sand; for the Chau Doc - Can Tho - Soc Trang expressway project, the target was 4.55 million cubic meters of sand; and for the Can Tho - Ca Mau expressway project, the target was 2 million cubic meters of sand.
As for the Ho Chi Minh Highway project, the Rach Soi - Ben Nhat and Go Quao - Vinh Thuan sections have a target of 1.8 million cubic meters of sand, and component project 2 of the Cao Lan - An Huu expressway construction project, phase 1, has a target of 950,000 cubic meters of sand.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/mo-hang-loat-mo-cat-de-cung-cap-cho-cac-du-an-giao-thong-20250327093329703.htm
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