The Regulation On Mining Waste Was Published In Official Gazette Numbered 29417 On 15 July 2015

The Regulation on Mining Waste ("Regulation") was published in Official Gazette numbered 29417 on 15 July 2015. The Regulation's effective date is set as 15 July 2016. The scope of the Regulation is the necessary process to manage the mining waste arising from exploration, extraction, enrichment or mine storage activities. The striking development along with the new Regulation may be deemed as authorisation of non-hazardous and inert waste to be disposed at sea under explicit conditions:

1. Non-hazardous or inert waste may only be disposed merely to the oxygen-free layers of Black-Sea that does not contain living.
2. There should be no suitable geographical, topographical and geological zone available within the 30 km from the centre where mine is operated.