Production Limit – GU

Ordinance No. 155, of May 12, 2016.

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Art. 103. The Utilization Guide (GU) will be issued for the mineral substances listed in the Annex IV table, observing the maximum quantities specified therein. Sole Paragraph. The ANM Collegiate Board may grant a GU for other substances not listed in the table, as well as for quantities exceeding the maximum limits established therein, provided it is duly justified.

TABLE OF SUBSTANCES AND QUANTITIES — ANNEX IV
Mineral Substance Qty./Year Unit
Abrasives 400 metric tons
Agates, Drusy Quartz and other decorative stones 200 metric tons
Agalmatolite 4.000 metric tons
Sand (aggregate) 50.000 metric tons
Industrial Sand 10.000 metric tons
Monazite Sands or Monazite 2.000 metric tons
Clays (ceramic) 12.000 metric tons
Special Clays 5.000 metric tons
Refractory Clays 15.000 metric tons
Barite 500 metric tons
Bauxite (aluminum ore) 20.000 metric tons
Crushed Stone 50.000 metric tons
Calcitic or Dolomitic Limestone, Dolomite 20.000 metric tons
Calcareous Shells 12.000 metric tons
Calcite 6.000 metric tons
Coal 40.000 metric tons
Gravel (aggregate or paving) 8.500 metric tons
Cassiterite (tin ore) 300 metric tons
Kaolin 3.000 metric tons
Lead (ore) 2.000 metric tons
Kyanite 1.500 metric tons
Cobalt (ore) 1.500 metric tons
Copper (ore) 4.000 metric tons
Columbite-Tantalite 150 metric tons
Chromium (ore) 5.000 metric tons
Diamond (primary ore) 50.000 metric tons
Diamond (processed) 3.000 carats
Sulfur 500 metric tons
Spodumene 150 metric tons
Steatite (soapstone) 20.000 metric tons
Feldspar 4.000 metric tons
Iron (ore) 300.000 metric tons
Phyllite 12.000 metric tons
Fluorite 1.500 metric tons
Gypsum 20.000 metric tons
Graphite 5.000 metric tons
Hydrargillite (gibbsite) 100 metric tons
Ilmenite 200 metric tons
Magnesite 20.000 metric tons
Manganese (ore) 6.000 metric tons
Mica 120 metric tons
Nickel (ores) 4.000 metric tons
Gold (ores) 50.000 metric tons
Precious stones (gems) 100 kilograms
Quartz 4.000 metric tons
Ornamental and dimension stones – carbonate (marble, travertine) 10.000 metric tons
Ornamental and dimension stones – silicate (granite and gneiss, quartzite, serpentinite and basalt) 16.000 metric tons
Ornamental and dimension stones – other (slate, sandstone and friable quartzite) 4.000 metric tons
Lateritic gravel (“saibro”) 16.500 metric tons
Rock Salt 5.000 metric tons
Saltpeter 100 metric tons
Sapropelite 4.000 metric tons
Silicon (metallic/ore) 18.000 metric tons
Sillimanite 100 metric tons
Talc 5.000 metric tons
Titanium (ore) 2.000 metric tons
Tungsten (ore) 300 metric tons
Peat 10.000 metric tons
Vanadium (ore) 100 metric tons
Zinc (ore) 10.000 metric tons
Zirconium (ore) 300 metric tons
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