Small-scale mining in China: Assessing recent advances in the policy and regulatory framework

Lei Shen, Tao Dai and Aaron James Gunson

Resources Policy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 3, 150-157

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.

Keywords: Small-scale; mining; China; Policy; Xiaoqingling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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