A year-round mining ban will be introduced in Buryatia and Transbaikalia.

A year-round ban on mining will be introduced in the near future in Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Territory. This was announced on May 29 by Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev at a government meeting.

"In the energy-deficient areas of southeastern Siberia, a temporary ban [on mining] was imposed for the period of the OPP (autumn-winter period. According to the results of this period, this ban will be introduced until 2031," TASS quoted the head of the department as saying.

According to Tsivilev, the ban is already in effect in the Irkutsk Region, and in the near future restrictions will also apply to Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Territory.

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