“Due to this fact, all of those that dwell this actuality can take part, they’ll inform us which points are correctly addressed, which points we’re lacking and which we will modify. That’s the spirit of updating a regulation via participation,” the minister stated.
Within the politician’s view, modifying the decree will permit for the event of a transparent process relating to what it means to reprocess or transport tailings. These two processes usually are not duly regulated.
Regardless of her acknowledgement of areas for enchancment, the mining minister applauded the work of the Nationwide Geology and Mining Service, Sernageomin, in monitoring energetic and inactive tailings dams. She identified that an observatory is being developed to supply additional data on the state of those deposits.
Chile hosts 795 tailings deposits throughout its territory, 405 of that are within the Coquimbo area and 185 within the Atacama area.
