:: Quarries in Lebanon | An Overview

Since its inception in 1993, the Ministry of Environment has been continually working towards achieving its core mandate through a full commitment to the health and well-being of the environment and human life. In Lebanon, the sporadic and inappropriate mining and quarrying practices coupled with a lack of environmental protection laws have resulted in serious environmental and socio-economic problems.

Nonetheless, there have been many governmental efforts aimed at organizing quarries exploitation and rehabilitation which was recently culminated in the promulgation of the Decree 8803/2002 and its amendment Decree 16456/2006 which regulates quarries exploitation and identifies the following public authorities as members of the National Council for Quarries (NCQ):