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Law No. 6.567 providing for special regime for mineral products exploitation.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Legislation
Date
1978 (2020)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Mining Research Minerals Authorization/permit Exploration
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Law provides for special regime for mineral products exploitation. The following mineral products may be exploited through the licensing regime, or authorization and concession: I - sand and gravel for immediate use in civil construction, in the preparation of aggregates and mortars, given they are not submitted to an industrial process neither to raw material to the processing industry; II - rocks and other mineral substances, when fitted for guides, gutters, mills etc.; III - clays used in the manufacture of red ceramics; IV - rocks, when crushed for immediate use in construction and limestones used as soil corrective in agriculture. The use of such mineral products is limited to a maximum area of fifty hectares.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.planalto.gov.br

References - Legislation

Amends

Decree-Law No. 227 on the Mining Code.

Legislation | Brazil | 1967

Keyword: Basic legislation, Mining, Concession, Authorization/permit, Minerals, Waste disposal, Waste prevention, Hazardous waste, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Provisional Measures No. 790 amending Decree-Law No. 227 and and Law No. 6.567 on special regime for mineral products exploitation.

Legislation | Brazil | 2017

Keyword: Mining, Research, Minerals, Authorization/permit, Exploration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX