FOREST COSTS PAID BY ENTERPRISES DURING INVESTMENT PERIOD TO CARRY OUT MINING OPERATIONS IN FORESTLANDS
Abstract
In order to carry out mining operating activities in forest areas that overlap with the mineral reserves, mining investors are asked to pay forest land permit fees, reforestation fees, and other fees (such as security deposit, service, and report) to the forest administration. These fees include the fees paid by mining investors as investment period costs prior to starting mining operating activities, and reforestation fees and other fees. The shares of fees within the amounts of mining investment paid by mining enterprises to forest administration only during the investment period is an object of curiosity. In order to determine this, a survey was conducted to mining enterprises via the ‘’Survey Monkey’’ online survey program. In this study, the variation of the shares of each of these fees within the amount of mining investment, according to the mineral groups was analyzed. According to this analysis, the reforestation fee of the mining companies participating in the survey receive an average share of 3.44% and the other fees have a share of 0.72%. Considering the forest land permit fees paid each year during the operation period, these costs, which are paid only once during the investment period, may force the mining enterprises economically in the presence of other costs
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