Decree No. 59 of the Federal Mining and Industrial Survey validating the Regulation on rational complex processing of solid minerals. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Regulation Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Mineral resources Keyword Minerals Certification Mining Authorization/permit Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Decree contains technical and technological requirements aimed at rational complex processing of solid minerals. It shall be mandatory for all enterprises and organizations carrying out processing of minerals. Mineral processing enterprises must be in possession of the following documentation: (a) mining licence, specifying extracted minerals; (b) technological instruction for processing of minerals; and (c) instruction on control of technological process. Each lot of minerals destined for processing must be certified. Processing of minerals in violation of technical and technological requirements causing reduction of the extraction of useful components or quality worsening of end product shall be prohibited. Full text Russian Website www.lawrussia.ru