Published by Environmental Protection Agency
The PRTR Mineral industry sector includes the following activities:
(a) Underground mining and related operations.
(b) Opencast mining and quarrying where the surface of the area effectively under extractive operation equals 25 hectares.
(c) Installations for the production of:
(i) Cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity of 500 tonnes per day;
(ii) Lime in rotary kilns with a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day;
(iii) Cement clinker or lime in other furnaces with a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day.
(d) Installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos-based products.
(e) Installations for the manufacture of glass, including glass fibre with a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day.
(f) Installations for melting mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibres with a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day.
(g) Installations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain with a production capacity of 75 tonnes per day, or with a kiln capacity of 4 m3 and with a setting density per kiln of 300 kg/m3.
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| Created | 2020-11-13 |
| Last Updated | 2025-10-22 |