Is mining in Inner Mongolia legal

On February 25, the development and Reform Commission of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region issued the "on ensuring the completion of the & lt; The fourteenth five year plan; Several safeguard measures for al control of energy consumption (Draft) (hereinafter referred to as "several measures") are open to the public for opinions{ RRRRR}

a mine owner who has built a mine in Inner Mongolia said to the surging news: & lt; Now it's time to limit energy consumption, and we haven't received the notice to close it& rdquo;

"several measures" can be regarded as the continuation of Inner Mongolia's many years' efforts to clean up the virtual currency mining. Inner Mongolia is sparsely populated and rich in wind energy. Because of abundant land and cheap electricity price, Inner Mongolia has become a virtual currency mining destination; Main positions; One

the virtual currency mining instry was also included in the list of eliminated instries. On April 8, 2019, the national development and Reform Commission issued the guidance catalogue for instrial structure adjustment (2019 version, draft for comments), which defined the virtual currency mining as an item not marked with the elimination period or elimination plan, which was explicitly or immediately eliminated by the national instrial policy. In November, the national development and Reform Commission issued the guidance catalogue for instrial structure adjustment (2019 Edition), which was originally listed in the list of eliminated instries; Virtual currency mining activities & quot; Was deleted

although some people think that this change may mean that the legitimacy or possibility of virtual currency mining has been recognized, judging from the contents of the announcement issued by Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the direction of its liquidation and withdrawal has not changed

China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Development and Reform Commission recently issued a document saying that it is strictly forbidden to build new virtual currency mining projects, and plans to comprehensively clean up and shut down virtual currency mining projects by the end of April 2021. Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao reported on the 2nd that Inner Mongolia is popular in the virtual currency instry because of its low-cost electricity, which has triggered concerns that China will take more measures to ban high-energy virtual currency mining activities. After the news was reported by the international media, the price of bitcoin rose by 6% on Monday. As of the press release on the evening of the 2nd, bitcoin was at $48672.3{ RRRRR}

Article 44 anyone who mines without a mining license, enters a state planned mining area, mines in a mining area of great value to the national economy, or mines a specific type of mineral for which protective mining is prescribed by the state, shall be ordered to stop mining and compensate for the losses, and may also be fined not more than 200000 yuan if the mined mineral procts and illegal income are not collected
units and indivials who enter the mining areas of state-owned mining enterprises and other mining enterprises established by others according to law shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph
Article 45 anyone who mines beyond the approved mining area shall be ordered to return to the mining area for mining, compensate for losses, confiscate the mineral procts and illegal income from cross-border mining, and may also be fined less than 100000 yuan
Article 46 Anyone who buys, sells, rents or transfers mineral resources in other forms shall have his illegal income confiscated and be fined not more than 100000 yuan
those who resell exploration and mining rights for profit will have their exploration and mining licenses revoked, their illegal income confiscated and a fine of less than 50% of the illegal income imposed< Article 47 anyone who exploits mineral resources by destructive means shall be fined not more than 100000 yuan and his mining license may be revoked
Article 48 anyone who carries out mine construction for the purpose of mining without obtaining a mining license shall be ordered to stop the construction and restore the topography, and may also be fined less than 100000 yuan< Article 49 If a mining right is leased without approval, it shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit, its illegal income shall be confiscated, and a fine of less than 50% of the illegal income may be imposed
if the mortgaged mining right has not been filed with the registration authority, it shall be ordered to file within a time limit and may be fined less than 10000 yuan
Article 50 those who fail to map the plan of mining engineering or the comparison map of underground and underground engineering on time shall be ordered to make corrections within a time limit and be fined less than 30000 yuan
Article 51 those who violate the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 40 of these regulations and cause geological disasters such as landslides, collapses, mud rock flows, ground cracks, collapses and settlements shall be ordered to control within a time limit and fined less than 100000 yuan
Article 52 The administrative penalties stipulated in articles 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 and 51 of these Regulations shall be decided by the administrative department of Geology and mineral resources at or above the county level. The administrative penalty prescribed in Article 47 shall be decided by the administrative department of Geology and mineral resources of the autonomous region. The punishment of revoking the exploration license or mining license shall be decided by the original license issuing organ
Article 53 If a party refuses to accept the decision on administrative penalty, he may apply for reconsideration or bring a lawsuit to the people's court according to law
if the party concerned fails to apply for reconsideration, bring a suit to the people's court, or comply with the punishment decision within the time limit, the organ that made the punishment decision shall apply to the people's court for compulsory execution< Article 54 Any State functionary or any other state functionary in charge of the supervision and administration of mineral resources exploration and mining who engages in malpractice for personal gain, abuses his power or neglects his ty, illegally approves the exploration and mining of mineral resources and issues exploration or mining licenses, or fails to stop or punish illegal exploration or mining activities according to law, which does not constitute a crime, Administrative sanctions shall be imposed by the unit to which he belongs or by the competent department at a higher level; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law

Article 26 the exploration right holder and the mining right holder may, in accordance with the law, transfer the exploration right and the mining right obtained with compensation by means of selling or pricing as shares
the exploration right and mining right shall not be transferred in the name of transferring the land use right of barren hills and wasteland< Article 27 the transfer of prospecting and mining rights must comply with the conditions and proceres prescribed by laws and administrative regulations and be submitted to the State Council or the administrative department of Geology and mineral resources of the autonomous region for examination and approval< Article 28 the transfer of prospecting and mining rights formed by state funded exploration must be evaluated
if the property right of enterprise assets is changed according to law, the price of exploration right and mining right formed by state funded exploration must be evaluated and confirmed, and the price of exploration right and mining right shall be paid in one time or by stages when going through the proceres of changing exploration right and mining right< Article 29 the mining right holder may lease the mining right obtained with compensation. The lease of mining rights must be approved by the registration administration. The registration administration organ shall, within 15 days from the date of receiving the application for leasing the mining right, decide whether to approve or not< Article 30 the lease of mining right shall meet the following conditions:
(1) within the validity period of mining license< (2) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, the expenses for obtaining the mining right with compensation and the compensation for mineral resources have been settled< (3) there is no dispute on the ownership of mining rights< (4) the lessee has the capital and technical conditions suitable for the type and scale of mining< (5) the mine has been put into operation for more than one year< (6) other conditions stipulated by the registration authority
Article 31 ring the lease period of the mining right, the lessor shall still be the owner of the mining right. The relevant fees to be paid for mining mineral resources shall be paid by the mining right holder or withheld by the lessee
the lessee shall not sublet or contract the mining right to others< Article 32 the mining right holder may mortgage the mining right obtained with compensation
the mining right holder shall file with the registration authority within 30 days from the date of mortgage of the mining right< Article 33 a mortgaged mining right shall meet the following conditions:
(1) it is really necessary to raise funds from the mortgaged mining right< (2) the guarantee amount shall not be higher than the actual investment of the mining right holder< (3) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, the expenses for obtaining the mining right with compensation and the compensation for mineral resources have been settled< (4) within the validity period of mining license< (5) there is no dispute on the ownership of mining rights< (6) other conditions stipulated by laws and administrative regulations
Article 34 If the mortgage contract is changed, terminated or rescinded, the mining right holder shall report to the registration administration authority in writing within 30 days after the occurrence of the fact
if the mortgagor fails to pay off his debts when e, or declares dissolution or bankruptcy ring the mortgage period, and needs to transfer or terminate the mining right, the approval proceres for the transfer or cancellation of the mining right shall be handled in accordance with the law
Article 35 the exploration right and mining right obtained by indivial investment may be inherited or donated
in case of inheriting or donating the exploration right or mining right, the registration of change shall be handled with the registration authority on the strength of the notarization or certification documents of the inheritance or donation