Mine Closure & Social Mitigation Project

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The Mine Closure and Social Mitigation Project aims to support Romania's efforts to reduce the burden on the national budget by permanently closing uneconomic mines in a socially and environmentally sustainable manner and to provide support to the modernization of the sector's administrative framework. The project consists of three main components. The first develops effective procedures for a technically and environmentally sound approach to formally closing uneconomic mines including building dams on both sides of mine barriers to prevent bursting due to accumulation of acid underground water build-up, acid water treatment, measures to prevent contamination of subterranean acquifiers, permanently sealing underground workings all mine openings, preventing gas leakage, demolition of surface buildings and structures, and environmental remediation that restores surface lands, protects waste dumps against mud slides or failed dump slopes, rehabilitates waste dumps, restores water courses, collects and treats polluted effluents, protects oil pipelines, and treats surface soil. The second component identifies the measures most effective in mitigating social hardships resulting from the sector's restructuring, and assists in creating diversified employment opportunities for redundant labor. The third component strengthens the agencies involved in restructuring the sector and introducing a modern mining licensing system.

FY17 - Energy and Extractives,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection,Financial Sector

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Biomass, Commercial, Oil and Gas, Government