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The Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 is an International Labor Organization Convention adopted at the 82nd International Labor Conference (ILC). The convention (C176) was developed and adopted to better recognize the inherent hazards of the mining workplace and the necessity of addressing these hazards on a global scale.
In 1997, under DAO 97–11, the MGB implemented a complete re-organization involving establishing two new divisions—the Mining Environment and Safety Division and the Mine Tenement Management Division. These divisions operationalized the sustainable development principles provision of the Mining Act of 1995.
General Mining Act for the Prussian States (Allgemeines Berggesetz für die Preussischen Staaten. of 24 June 1865 in the: Zeitschrift für das Berg-, Hütten- und Salinenwesen in dem Preussischen Staate, 13th Volume, pp. 29ff pdf, 53.84 MB
Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act of 1990; Philippine Mining Act of 1995; Animal Welfare Act of 1998; Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998; Clean Air Act of 1999; Philippine Ecological Waste and Solid Management Act of 2000; Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act of 2001; Chain Saw Act of 2002
A year after the Republic Act No. 7942, or also known as "The Philippine Mining Act of 1995" is enacted. A mine tailings pit fracture caused toxic waste to flood the Makulapnit-Boac river, displacing 400 families in Barangay Hinapulan. Drinking water contamination killed fish and shrimp, while large animals perished.
Mining law is the branch of law relating to the legal requirements affecting minerals and mining. Mining law covers several basic topics, including the ownership of the mineral resource and who can work them. Mining is also affected by various regulations regarding the health and safety of miners, as well as the environmental impact of mining.
When Congress passed the General Mining Act of 1872, the wording was changed to "or other valuable deposits," giving greater scope to the law. The 1872 law was codified as 30 U.S.C. §§ 22-42 [14] The 1872 act also granted extralateral rights to lode claims, and fixed the maximum size of lode claims as 1500 feet (457m) long and 600 feet (183m ...
Congress created the Office of Surface Mining with the passage of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, and this agency inherited USBM's surface mining activities. [5] The Department of Energy (DOE), also established in 1977, took over the USBM Coal Productivity Research division. [6]