According to the report of the Department of Natural Resources, Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Holding Corporation Limited (TKV), implementing the policy of mining, recovering, using, and trading mine waste soil and rocks, TKV has deployed the development, approval and promulgation of the Planning of areas for mining, using and trading waste soil and rocks in the process of mining and processing coal belonging to TKV in Quang Ninh province to 2030 and forecast after 2030.
The plan includes 16 locations for exploiting and using waste soil and rock in 3 areas: Uong Bi - Dong Trieu, Hon Gai, Cam Pha, with a total volume of waste soil and rock that can be exploited and recovered of about 633.46 million m3, an average of about 82 million m3/year.
At the same time, the Group has assigned tasks to 2 coal processing and trading units to preside over and coordinate with functional agencies and related units to carry out procedures to request licensing of exploitation and use of waste soil and rock at the mine waste site.
Currently, units assigned by TKV have been and are working with units and investors of projects and works to establish the need to use waste soil and rock as a basis for developing plans for mining, using and trading mine waste soil and rock; and at the same time implementing procedures to be approved in principle and allowed to be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Provincial People's Committee.
Regarding the implementation situation, the Plan to recover waste soil and rock minerals in the process of implementing the Project to close the coal mine in the Suoi Lai area was approved in principle by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) to be allowed to be implemented from 2022 with a volume of 3.5 million m3. However, by November 24, 2022, Quang Ninh Coal Processing Company had just started construction and by the expiration of the implementation period (December 31, 2022), only 16,178 m3 had been recovered.
Regarding the Plan for recovering and using mine waste soil and rock in Bac Bang Danh area, Ha Tu mine as filling material phase 1, on May 12, 2026, Ha Tu Coal Joint Stock Company handed over the ground for gathering waste soil and rock to Quang Ninh Coal Processing Company. On May 18, 2026, Quang Ninh Coal Processing Company started expanding the ground and road for transporting soil from the gathering yard to the consumption port; coordinated with Quang Minh Company to comply with product standards as required for consumption from June 2026.
Plans for recovering and using waste soil and rocks have been submitted to competent authorities for issuance of mineral recovery confirmations (5 plans), including: Plan for recovering waste soil and rocks at Nam Khe Tam waste dump; Plan for exploiting, using and trading waste products in the process of coal mining and processing at +200 ground in Bac Bang Danh area; Plan for recovering waste soil and rock minerals in the process of implementing the Project to close the coal mine in Suoi Lai area; Plan for recovering waste soil and rock in the Mao Khe mine area as filling material and construction materials in the 6.7 spillway waste dump area (volume of 6.15 million m3)...
Regarding the Plan to recover and use waste soil and rock at Dong Cao Son waste dump, Deo Nai - Coc Sau mine cluster as filling material and raw materials for building materials, the plan will allocate to 3 companies with a total volume of 28.5 million m3.
In which, about 1.5 million m3 of mine waste soil and rock is allocated to the Quang Ninh LNG power plant construction project for site leveling; 3.5 million m3 is allocated to Thien Nam Company and 23.5 million m3 is allocated to Quang Minh Company. Currently, Quang Ninh Coal Processing Company has prepared a dossier for consulting, and is expected to complete the dossier to submit to TKV before June 10, 2026.
The exploitation, recovery, use and business of mine waste soil and rock is a policy of TKV and Quang Ninh province to supply filling materials and construction materials for projects and works with large demand in the area; and at the same time reduce the amount of waste soil and rock at mine waste dumps, creating more waste disposal space for production.
