The Council for Strategic Projects reviewed the state and development of the mineral resource base of Belarus

22.04.2024

On April 19, a meeting of the Council for Strategic Projects under the President of the Republic of Belarus was held at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. The main topic was a discussion of the state and development of the republic’s mineral resource base. Representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Architecture and Construction, the Ministry of Energy, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Economy and the State Property Committee took part in its work.

Chairman of the Council for Strategic Projects Vladimir Gusakov recalled that these issues were discussed at a meeting with the Head of State on March 12. The President set tasks for intensive and efficient development of deposits, extraction and processing of minerals, and expansion of geological exploration, including for hydrocarbons. The protocol of the President's instructions provides for consideration of these issues at a meeting of the council.

A number of current issues were discussed at the meeting of the Council for Strategic Projects. This is the state of the mineral resource base of strategic minerals, existing problems and ways to solve them, the state of the mineral resource base of hydrocarbon raw materials of RUE PO Belorusneft, problems and development prospects, problematic issues of the functioning of mining organizations of the system of the Ministry of Architecture and Construction and measures to solve them , prospects for the development of the peat industry and the creation of import-substituting industries based on peat, problems and prospects for the use of peat, sapropels, hydromineral resources, training of personnel for geological exploration, extraction and processing of mineral resources, problematic issues and ways to solve them, problematic issues of withdrawal and the provision of land plots for the extraction of minerals, as well as the construction of facilities necessary for their processing and storage, directions for attracting investments and measures to stimulate projects for the development of mineral resources.

At the meeting, an instruction was given, taking into account the comments made, to finalize the materials and submit them to the Council for synthesis.

Source: belta.by