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Vyda Elena Gasiūnienė Deputy director

Vyda Elena Gasiūnienė Deputy director. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS ( 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn ). LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn. Basic data

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Vyda Elena Gasiūnienė Deputy director

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  1. Vyda Elena Gasiūnienė Deputy director LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS(16-20 September 2007, Tallinn)

  2. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Basic data Area – 65,3 sq.km Length of the Inland borders – 1747 km with in: Latvia – 610 km Belarus – 724 km Poland – 110 km Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation – 303 km Coastline – 99 km From east to west – 373 km From north to south – 267 km Population density - ~56 per sq.km

  3. Consumed amount of mineral resources LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Population, (mlrd). Period, year till 1900 1,5 1,5-3,0 1900–1950 1950–2000 3,0-6,0

  4. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Increase of extraction is related with: • Technological progress and progress in science • Growing number of the population in the world • Efforts to maintain the standard of living

  5. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Public concern ? Extractive activity How to satisfy a demand for mineral resources? How to mitigate or avoid the impact of extractive industry on the environment? Mineral resources are depleting both in the country and in the world... What will be with our descendants?

  6. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn The framework, called sustainable development, has goals: • Economic prosperity • Environmental health • Social equity for societies – equal opportunities for our generation and for our descendants

  7. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn The sustainable management of mineral resources implies: • sound geological knowledge; • harmonization of national legislation concerning access to mineral extraction and globalization of the resource market, irrespective of world’s political and state arrangement; • proper implementation and strict enforcement of legislation; • preparation of regional sustainable development plans, development of strategies at regional and transnational levels; • providing educational awareness to the problems of living and working in environmentally sensitive areas (in our case peatlands are sensitive areas); • sharing the experience of mining industry (which operates under strict environmental requirements and BAT); • communicating with the local community (i.e. bridge from emotion to knowledge).

  8. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Pyramid of the world raw materials – amount of annual extraction (2000, thousand tons, gas – mln. cub. m) (according to F.W.Velmer)

  9. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Pyramid of the world raw materials – value of annual extraction (2000, mln. €) (according to F.W.Velmer)

  10. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF LITHUANIA, Scale 1:200 000

  11. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn

  12. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn LITHUANIA’S MINERAL RESOURCES DEPOSITS AND AREAS, 2006 367 deposits under exploitation with in: 227 gravel 58 sand 51 peat 12 oil 8 clay 4 dolomite 3 limestone 2 sapropel 1 chalky marl 1 opoka 661 deposits: Resources explored in detail 990 deposits: Resources explored in general 33% 49% 18% 373 areas: Prognostic reserves In total: 2024 deposits and areas are investigated

  13. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn USE OF MINERAL RESOURCES, 2006 33 Number of enterprises 210 4 7 Number of deposits under the use 367 4 2 3 1 155 1 * 15 enterprises use 15 deposits of mineral water

  14. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn * Euro per kg

  15. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Mokesčiai į biudžetą už valstybinių gamtos (žemės gelmių) išteklių sunaudojimą (mln. litų)

  16. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Extraction of solid mineral resources (without oil and peat) Peat extraction Oil extraction Amount of explored resources

  17. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Structure of extracted mineral resources (thous. cub.m), 2006 In total – 13297 thous.cub.m

  18. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Structure of extracted mineral resources (thous. cub.m), 2006 In total – 13297 thous.cub.m (* thous.t)

  19. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn All mineral commodities, with the exception of oil, are mined only in the open pit mines and quarries Usually the depth of open pit mines and quarries are: • Gravel, sand, clay, peat, dolomite – 6-12 m • Limestone and opoka (gaize) – 15-20 m • Triassic clay – 50 m The thickness of overburden rocks in all quarries range from 0,5 m up to 7-10 m All these rocks (overbuden, useful mineral resources and tailings) are the rocks of our daily living environment, inert in chemical point of view The groundwater level is lowered by means of self flowing or pumping up in several quarries only (peat, limestone, dolomite, opoka, rarely sand) Usually overburden rocks and tailings are utilized for recultivation of excavated area (void)

  20. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn In total – 13,6 thousand ha or 0,2 % of Lithuania’s territory are damaged by extraction In total – 22,2 thousand ha or 0,34% of Lithuania’s territory are assigned to enterprises for extraction;

  21. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Peat production sites in Lithuania, 2006

  22. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Peat resources in the countiesof Lithuania, 2006

  23. LITHUANIAN MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR USAGE: TODAY, FUTURE AND PROBLEMS. 16-20 September 2007, Tallinn Mineral resources (explored in detail and general) in the counties, 2006

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