Small-scale mining in China: Assessing recent advances in the policy and regulatory framework |
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| Authors: | Lei Shen Tao Dai Aaron James Gunson |
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| Institution: | aInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resource Research (IGSNRR), C.A.S., 11A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China;bDepartment of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;cCommunities and Small-Scale Mining Regional Network in China (CASM-China), Beijing, China;dGraduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS), Beijing 100049, China |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the background of a proposed revision to the Mineral Resources Law of China, why and how the law was amended in the past, its salient features and objectives. Of equal importance is an analysis of how this national law, with its attendant regulations and policies, formed the basis for the growth and continued development of China's small-scale mining industry. The Xiaoqingling Gold Mountain case study is shown to justify the necessity and feasibility for formalizing and consolidating small-scale mines in China, and to some extent, the success of the nation-wide ASM resource consolidation policy at a local level. |
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| Keywords: | Small-scale mining China Policy Xiaoqingling |
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