Titanium extraction planning causes multiple problems in Vietnamese province

The ore exploitation considered beneficial to economic growth can actually stifle it Authorities in a coastal region of south-central Vietnam have said that the planned areas for extracting a type of metal called titanium are posing a number of problems for local development. The People’s Committee in Binh Thuan Province highlighted this point in a report on the exploitation of titanium by 2020, in which it proposed modifying the planning of areas designated for the activity. The problem stems from the fact that 26 sites of titanium extraction overlap 46 sites meant for other projects like tourism, forestation and industrial zone construction. The total common area is around 3,394 hectares, with the planned titanium exploitation spanning 19,527 hectares. This gives rise to a delay in the implementation of the non-mining projects. The postponement is further compounded when licenses of titanium exploitation usually stay valid for over ten years, after which they also have a chance to be renewed if the metal is still left at the site. Difficulties in other aspects have likewise emerged, the report pointed out. Local people living near mining sites have suffered from many cases of environmental pollution caused by discharged wastewater in the places, which… Read full this story

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