1. Raw Materials Initiative and Member State - Slovenia
Slavko Solar, Geological survey of Slovenia
Gabriela Borc-Smolic, Ministry of Economy of Slovenia
Conference 'Mineral Resources for Europe‘, Prague, April 28-29, 2009

2. Content Current state of play in mining sector of Slovenia
Mineral resource potential and production
Revising Mining Act
National mineral resource management programme
Raw Materials Initiative’s challenges for Slovenia
II. and III. Pillar and horizontal cooperation
Future steps

3. Mineral production

4. Mineral potential

5. Revising Mining Act Why?: disharmony, simplification
Topics: Mining rights, Inspectorate, permits, competent person register
Schedule: fall 2009
Actors: All stakeholders
Desired outcome: improved and easier procedures - implementation

6. National Mineral Resource Management programme
General programme
with Environmental Impact Assessment / Nature conservation supplement
Main features:
SD based preamble
State of the play and perspectives
Goals (general and specific)
Conditions,
Principles, Spatial and environmental considerations, exploration & research, …

7. GeoZS Perspective on Raw Materials Initiavite

8. Raw Materials Initiative’s challenges for Slovenia
II. Pillar
III. Pillar
Horizontal,
inter-sectorial
cooperation

9. II. Pillar Issues Framework conditions Knowledge base,
Research projects & Cohesion policy funding,
Skills shortage, and
Public awareness.

10. Geological survey of Slovenia LEAD PARTNER
South East Europe project: SARMa Sustainable Aggregates Resource Management
Geological survey of Slovenia
LEAD PARTNER

11. II. European Minerals Day 15-17. May 2009
in Slovenia
Termit
Marmor Hotavlje
Idrija
Mežica
GeoZS
II. European Minerals Day
May 2009

12. III. Pillar Issues Resource efficiency, Resource-efficient products,
Secondary raw materials,
Recycling of secondary raw materials,
Recycling, and
Renewable raw materials.

13. Horizontal cooperation
Horizontal, inter-sectorial cooperation among ministries
(economy, environment, administration, research and technology, regional development and others….)

14. Future steps … Revision of Mining Act
Implementation of National Mineral Resource Programme
Commodity Programmes