Translation of "pillar and stall mining " (English → French) :

When it comes to NunatuKavut and other nations across the country, one of the things we observe is that while the comprehensive land claims and treaty or self-government agreements are stalled in negotiations, or not even accepted for negotiation, development is taking place on the traditional territories, whether it be forestry or mining.

The second pillar is to innovate in waste management and treatment technologies, which will enable us to lower costs for maintaining mining sites and to have fewer mine closures.

The fourth pillar is that we are looking to better understand the tangible effects of mine waste on flora and fauna.

The third pillar is that we are looking at new approaches to improve mine closure and rehabilitation methods.

6. Highlights that the growth of the world population, the rise in consumption and targets for EU economic growth, make the decoupling of growth from raw material use even more essential; insists, therefore, that reduction targets should be set to stabilise material use and proposes a robust and reliable methodology for measuring efficiency in the use of resources, which would result in EU annual sectoral resource reduction targets; considers that progress towards such targets and the implementation of supporting policies by Member States should be tracked by the European Semester, the reporting system for coordinating and surveying Member States' budgetary and structural policies; recognises that the three ' ...[+++]pillars' of the Communication will be needed to face the future growing demand in raw materials but suggests the introduction of a clear hierarchy between the pillars giving priority to resource efficiency and recycling, then to the development of sustainable mining in the EU and lastly to ensure fair and sustainable access to raw materials from third countries; stresses that an effective raw materials policy must form part of an integrated approach, drawing on the best of existing European environmental legislation which regulates the efficiency of resources in many sectors; also stresses the need for a clear definition of 'resource efficiency' using a scientific basis;

1. Welcomes the Commission Communication entitled "Tackling the challenges in Commodity markets and on raw materials" (COM(2011)0025) and in particular its broad focus on raw and recovered raw materials from mineral resources and biotic resources, its emphasis on resource efficiency and recycling, and its recognition of the importance of urban mining as a valuable source for retrieving, i.e. re-use, upcycling and recycling raw materials, and its determination to look at all three pillars of this broad challenge, namely assuring a fair ...[+++] and sustainable supply of raw materials from international markets, fostering sustainable supply within the EU and promoting resource efficiency and recycling; notes that recycling often results in downgrading the value of the material, and that more focus should be given to the upcycling of materials which would render a higher value to the retrieved material; points out the potential of re-use as a separate category, to extend the life of products and urges the Commission to develop re-use notably through its ecodesign and waste policies; regrets, however, the lack of proposals for concrete measures by the Commission and cautions that, without such measures, the stated goals are not likely to be reached;