Adequação da lavra de caulim às diretrizes ambientais (Environmental legislation applied to kaolin mining)

Kaolin mining has been carried out by the Colorminas Company in Pantano Grande-RS since the 80´s. As environmental legislation was not applied, land reclamation was not performed. This paper presents land reclamation for the kaolin mines and the basis of the project “Colorminas: mining with responsibility”. A detailed description of the reclamation procedures is presented, together with its costs and the investment in the project.