BMWK wants to modernize Mining Act

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) intends to amend the Federal Mining Act before the end of this legislative period in order to strengthen the domestic mining industry. This was announced by the ministry at the beginning of January in its key issues paper on raw materials strategy. The person responsible in the ministry is Parliamentary State Secretary Michael Kellner. Raw material extraction in Germany is to be ecologically oriented and facilitated.