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