Mining Law
In mining operations, we provide proactive and compliance-focused legal support that protects employers and operators — from licensing processes to occupational safety obligations, from environmental regulatory compliance to administrative disputes.
Our Scope of Services
The legal risks faced by mining operations are concentrated around licensing, occupational safety, and environmental legislation. Managing the process in compliance with legislation prevents interruptions to operating activity.
- Mining license application, transfer, and cancellation processes: Preparing license applications, license transfer procedures, and objection/litigation processes against license cancellation.
- Occupational health and safety (OHS) compliance and objections to administrative fines: Advisory on compliance with mining OHS legislation, inspection processes, and objections to administrative sanctions.
- Employer defense following a workplace accident: Fault determination in mining accidents, expert witness processes, and defense in cases concerning employer/operator liability.
- Environmental compliance and administrative disputes: Environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes, objections to environmental fines, and legal remedies against activity suspension decisions.
- Mining site lease, easement, and land disputes: Land use rights, expropriation, and boundary disputes between neighboring mining sites.
- Follow-up of operating licenses and activity permits: Managing administrative processes such as operating permits and explosive material usage permits.
- Subcontracting and service procurement contracts: Establishing the contractual framework for subcontracting relationships in mining operations and dispute management.
- Objections to administrative fines and activity suspension decisions: Objection and litigation processes against administrative sanctions issued under the Mining Law and related legislation.
How Do We Work?
We start by reviewing the license status, existing administrative acts, and any inspection reports, identifying risk points from the operator's perspective. We then plan administrative objection processes and, if necessary, a litigation strategy in a way that does not disrupt the operation's activity.
Note: The scope of service is tailored specifically to the license type, operation size, and field of activity.