{"id":44653,"date":"2025-03-14T21:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=44653"},"modified":"2025-03-14T21:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T18:00:35","slug":"northern-state-issues-new-mining-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/northern-state-issues-new-mining-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern State Issues New Mining Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudan Events &#8211; Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Governor of Northern State, Abdeen Awadallah, has issued a temporary decree banning the use of thiourea, mixers, and other processing methods in traditional and unregulated mining operations within the state.<\/p>\n<p>The decree also prohibits the operation of wind-powered mills outside the designated working hours, which are from 5:00 AM to 5:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the decree restricts any entity from granting mining permits without prior approval from the Ministry of Minerals or the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company.<\/p>\n<p>The governor has also issued another decree prohibiting the transportation of mining waste from the state to other states or between localities within the state without a license from the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company. The decree emphasizes that transportation must be conducted using securely sealed vehicles to prevent contamination of water sources, agricultural lands, and the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, all traditional mining operators in the state must adhere to environmental and safety regulations when conducting mining activities within mining markets. They must obtain a permit or prior approval from the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company before trading in traditional mining waste (known as &#8220;karta&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The decree also bans the introduction, operation, or participation in the use of ball mills (Ball Mill) or their accessories (balls, iron, motors). Additionally, storing &#8220;karta&#8221; outside designated traditional mining markets or licensed company sites is strictly prohibited under the regulatory framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events &#8211; Reports The Governor of Northern State, Abdeen Awadallah, has issued a temporary decree banning the use of thiourea, mixers, and other processing methods in traditional and unregulated mining operations within the state. The decree also prohibits the operation of wind-powered mills outside the designated working hours, which are from 5:00 AM to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44655,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44653\/revisions\/44655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}