C ON TENTS TA BL E OF ACM COLOMBIAN MINING SECTOR DEVELOPMENT 2018 2022 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 ECONOMIC AND TAX COMPETITIVENESS 2 1 Mining Economy for Development 2 2 Investment 2 3 Taxes 2 4 Royalties 2 5 Customs and Foreign Trade 3 EFFICIENT PROCEDURES 3 1 PINES Strategic Projects of National Interest 3 2 Environmental Procedures 3 3 Mining Procedures and Fiscalization 3 4 Procedures to acquire explosives 4 LEGAL CERTAINTY AND MINING DEVELOPMENT 41 Strengthening of the General regulatory framework 42 Updating of the Mining Code 43 Citizen Participation 44 Social Protest 45 Previous Consultation 46 Illicit Extraction of minerals 47 Land Restitution 48 Mining Formalization 5 REPU T A TIO N