Análise das concess？es de lavra quanto às suspens？es temporárias de opera？？o

this paper reports the results of analysis of exploitation consents in the minas gerais state. the objective this study was map the exploitation consents granted in the state, in order to classify the existing processes in the mining cadastre in: active mines, mines with suspension of extraction registered in the national department of mineral production and mines with suspension of extraction published in the official gazette. the results showed that there 1.739 consents in the state, where the mines with temporary suspension of extraction added 234 mines. this work presents the results of this analysis and highlights the absence and the need of the development and implementation of a mine closure policy and control and enforcement on dealing with mines on temporary suspension status as well as abandoned ones.