Mining Act Article 51

In one of the following situations, the competent authority shall abort all or part of the approval of mining land:1. The mineral right holder applies for aborting the approval of original approved mining land.2. Extinction registration of the mineral right is conducted under Article 43.3. A court judgment holds that original approved mining land shall be returned and such judgment is final and binding.If the original approved mining land is aborted, the mineral right holder or original mineral right holder shall conduct by applying Article 56 mutatis mutandis.If The original approved mining land is aborted and its quantity of supply in the preceding year amounts to 10% of total domestic supply of such year, and such abortion jeopardizes domestic development, national defense, or stable supply of civil necessities, the competent authority may report to the Executive Yuan for approval of adopting emergency importation of relevant goods and materials, moderate adjustment of approved mining production amount of other mines or other necessary measures. The restrictions under Paragraph 2 of Article 32 shall be exempted.