Mining activities
This sector covers the planning and supervision of extraction activities in quarries and mines.
With regard to quarries, the Province exercises a regulatory role through planning (the provincial plan for the use of mineral resources), known asthe ‘Quarry Plan’.
The local councils approve the implementation programme, which sets out the criteria and procedures for the use of the areas identified in the Quarry Plan, and issue mining licences for quarrying operations (authorisations and concessions) on the advice of the Interdisciplinary Technical Committee for Quarries.
With regard to mines, which include solid minerals and mineral and thermal waters, the Industry, Research and Mining Service is directly responsible for granting exploration permits and mining concessions, as well as for supervising and monitoring all provincial extraction activities.
Highlights
Regulations, measures, circulars, forms
Ongoing procedures – mining concessions
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NUOVA procedura concorrenziale di assegnazione della concessione mineraria "Dosseni" nel comune di Roverè della Luna
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Procedura per richiesta di ampliamento dell'area della concessione mineraria per acqua minerale termale “La Perla”, nel territorio dei comuni di Campitello di Fassa e Canazei, per lo sfruttamento dell’omonima acqua termale scaturente dalla sorgente “Rigocel” (catasto sorgenti n. 7359).
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Procedura per richiesta di ampliamento dell'area della concessione mineraria per acqua minerale da imbottigliamento denominata “Levico Casara”, attualmente rientrante nel territorio comunale di Levico, per lo sfruttamento, in miscela con l’acqua minerale “Levico”, delle acque delle sorgenti “Teleferica”, “Bassa” e drenaggio, nei comuni di Frassilongo e di Pergine Valsugana.
Read moreCompleted procedures – mining concessions
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Procedures followed by local authorities and ASUCs – quarry licences
This section contains the notices of invitation to tender for the award of quarry concessions falling within the remit of the municipalities and ASUCs in the province (issued pursuant to Articles 12, 12.1 and 12.2 of Provincial Law No. 7 of 24 October 2006). To view all the documentation relating to the procedure and the relevant forms, or for any clarifications or updates, please refer to the official website of the granting authority.
Bando per l'affidamento in concessione, mediante procedura ad evidenza pubblica con il criterio di aggiudicazione dell’offerta economicamente più vantaggiosa, della cava di inerti "Rio Lagazin" - loc. Maso Martello - Comune di Ospedaletto.
Scadenza del termine di presentazione delle offerte: 18.09.2026 - ORE 12:00 -
Press Office press releases
Quarrying sector
Piano provinciale di utilizzazione delle sostanze minerali
Il Piano provinciale di utilizzazione delle sostanze minerali "Piano cave", è lo strumento pianificatorio di settore che individua le aree destinate alla coltivazione e indica gli indirizzi per garantire lo sviluppo dell’attività di cava in Trentino.
Interdisciplinary Technical Committee on Quarries
The Interdisciplinary Technical Committee on Quarries, known as the ‘Quarry Committee’, is a technical body that issues opinions both on quarry projects and on updates and amendments to the Quarry Plan. The committee meets approximately once a month.
Mining sector: mineral waters and solids
The Trentino region is home to natural resources such as mineral waters suitable for bottling, thermal waters and solid minerals which, due to their physical and chemical properties, are regarded as raw materials. The exploitation of these natural resources is subject to mining regulations and therefore to the legislation governing extractive activities (authorisations for the exploration and exploitation of the resource).
Bottled mineral and thermal waters
Natural mineral waters are considered to be those waters which, having originated from an underground water table or deposit, come from one or more natural or drilled sources and which have special hygienic characteristics and, where appropriate, properties favourable to health.
Natural mineral waters used for therapeutic purposes are considered to be thermal waters.
Publication date:Thursday 20 January 2022
Solid minerals
Solid minerals of the first category, subject to mining concessions, are those indicated and regulated by the Provincial Law of 11 December 2020, No. 14, Article 1
Publication date:Thursday 03 March 2022
Thermal heritage
The Autonomous Province of Trento protects its thermal resources and promotes their use for health purposes; it also encourages their development and raises awareness of their characteristics and therapeutic properties.
Supervision of quarries and mines
Supervision of mining operations
Supervision of extraction activities in quarries and mines within the Trentino region is the responsibility of the mining authority, as defined by Presidential Decree No. 128/1959 and identified as the
Industry, Research and Mining Service.
Publication date:Thursday 03 March 2022
Mining FAQ
In this section you can find the answers to the most frequently asked questions concerning the operation of quarries and mines and the requirements of the relevant supervisory body.
Services
Administrative acts and regulations
Trentino Geomapping Portal (WebGIS – Extractive Industries Sector)
The Trentino Geomapping Portal brings together a range of systems for viewing and interacting with cartographic data relating to the Trentino region. The link provided below under ‘Description’ leads to the section of the WebGIS dedicated to the extractive sector.
11/02/2022
The history of mining in Trentino
FBK, a partner in the European SEC4TD project, contributed to the development of GNSS systems based on IoT communication and predictive analytics for monitoring and risk management in mine tailings ponds.
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A research document, within the framework of the traineeships of excellence promoted by the University of Trento, which provides a comprehensive overview of the technical-administrative model present in Trentino.
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A journey through the valleys of Trentino, to discover the relationship between the territory and the communities that have inhabited it, in search of transformations and permanence. An open container of stories and memories, Ter.Mo.S. questions the stratifications and changes that have led to today's landscape.
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The sorting and inventorying of the archive was carried out on behalf of and with the technical advice of the
Soprintendenza per i beni librari e archivistici-Ufficio archivio provinciale della Provincia autonoma di Trento.
The work was completed in 2005.
The inventory, prepared with the 'Sesamo 2000' programme, was published in the archives section of the Trentinocultura portal (www.trentinocultura.net).
Il presente elaborato consiste nell’individuazione sulla carta tecnica della Provincia di Trento dei siti ove in passato sono state svolte attività minerarie in sotterraneo sulla base di concessioni conferite tramite la normativa di settore.
Read moreReport on a research project developed during a post-graduate training period (promoted by the University of Trento) at the Mining Service of the Autonomous Province of Trento, entitled: "the evaluation of possible destinations of mined areas at the end of cultivation". (December 2015 - May 2016)
Read moreMonte Calisio (located to the east of the city of Trento) was one of the most important galena mines in medieval Europe and later, from the late 1800s until the mid-1900s, a good baryte mining area (many publications mention this).