Price disorder for construction sand in Quang Ngai

Less than two weeks, a number of businesses with licensed mines on the Tra Khuc River (Quang Ngai) sell sand to the market skyrocketing from 90,000 to 170,000 VND.
From the end of March up to now, a number of enterprises with licensed mines on the Tra Khuc River continuously increased the selling price of sand to the market from 90,000 VND to 170,000, to April 23, adjusted to 140,000 VND / m3. .

Facing the closure of illegal sand mining sites, hundreds of truck drivers flocked to Hop Nghia sand mine in Nghia Dung commune, Quang Ngai city in long queues waiting to buy sand on the Tra Khuc river. The price of sand increased dramatically According to truck drivers, the price of sand surged in a short time, making both the driver and the house-builder face many difficulties. “Seeing that many trucks flocked here are too crowded, so we increased the selling price to 170,000 VND / m3 so that they could withdraw less but not shovel the sand in time. Currently, we have reduced the selling price for each sand block to 140,000 VND” explains Hop Nghia sand mine management staff Dozens of trucks line up to buy sand on Tra Khuc River in Village 6, Nghia Dung Commune, Quang Ngai City. Photo: Minh Hoang. In this regard, Mr. Nguyen Duc Trung, Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Quang Ngai, said that up to now, there are no sanctions in controlling enterprises that win the auction of sand mines to sell materials to the market. . “In principle, a business that sells sand at high prices is obliged to pay tax on the difference between buying and selling. If they neglect to declare or issue an invoice, they will violate the tax law and be fined and collect money. tax like any other business, “Trung stressed. Competition is not fair According to businesses, it takes from 6 months to a year to complete sand mine auction procedures, including: Documenting exploration, reserve assessment, hiring a consultant to design documents, assess the environmental impact. school, gathering community opinions, handing over landmarks … Mining auctions have to pay billions of VND in natural resources tax, large costs to hire consultants to prepare design documents, assess environmental impacts, collect community opinions … “We have to adjust the selling price of sand to compensate for the losses of mine auction costs. Meanwhile, the sand exploiters sold to the market about 50,000 VND / m3 (the selling price is 3 times lower than that). compared to mining auctions) causing unfair competition “, said representative of Phu Gia Thinh Construction One Member Co., Ltd. Sand is scarce, some businesses voluntarily raise the selling price of construction sand, causing many difficulties for people. Photo: Minh Hoang. Mr. Dang Van Minh, Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People’s Committee, acknowledged that there are many sand mines granted to public investment projects, providing for public investment projects, one, but ten. “Enterprise auctioned sand mines at high prices but could not sell because the illegal sand mining units dumped the price. This led to the consequences of unfair competition from enterprises, creating injustice in the management of natural resources. So I ask all branches and localities to inspect and handle this situation completely, ”Mr. Minh said. Meanwhile, Mr. Tran Phuoc Hien, Vice Chairman of Quang Ngai Provincial People’s Committee, said that the auction plan for the right to exploit sand and gravel in the river bed submitted by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment was not consistent with the mineral planning. building materials, planning and regulation of rivers, planning of inland waterways … Mr. Hien noted that the eligible for licensing sand and gravel mines must be in line with the relevant sector plans and comply with the provisions of law. The localities must check the feasibility and effectiveness of the sand and gravel mines put into the auction, to avoid the situation of not being able to organize the exploitation after the units win the auction. Currently, the three sand mines on the Tra Khuc River (Quang Ngai) have valid exploitation permits. In which, in 2018, Hop Nghia Investment and Development Joint Stock Company auctioned a sand mine in village 6, Nghia Dung commune, Quang Ngai city with an area of ​​11 hectares with about 18.2 billion VND. Lung Lo Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company 251 auctioned a 3-hectare sand mine in Phuoc Loc village, Tinh Son commune, Son Tinh district, for 5.7 billion dong. Phu Gia Thinh Construction One Member Company Limited auctioned a 3.5-hectare sand mine in Dien Nien village, Tinh Son commune, Son Tinh district for 2.7 billion dong.