Amadiba Crisis Committee turns to Public Protector over Xolobeni

The Amadiba Crisis Committee (ACC), which is opposed to mining of the mineral sands near Xolobeni on the Wild Coast, has called for the intervention of the Public Protector, owing to the Department of Mineral Resources’ (DMR’s) failure to make...

Shabangu heaps praise on Carroll, Anglo head flays mine nationalisation

Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu on Tuesday heaped praise on Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll, hailing her as a mining model, and the Anglo head later flayed mine nationalisation and threw her corporation’s full weight behind South...

Report on acid water presented to Ministers

The team of experts compiling a report on the acid mine drainage (AMD) situation in the Witwatersrand has completed the report, and on Thursday presented it to the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC). The Ministers discussed the findings with the...

Sonjica expects AMD report by mid-October

South Africa's Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica expects the acid mine drainage (AMD) report, being compiled by a team of experts, to be delivered on or around October 15. She stated that the InterMinisterial Committee...

SA needs R1,46bn to deal with abandoned mines

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) assured Parliament on Wednesday that it would swiftly decide on the appropriate solutions to tackle problems posed by ownerless and derelict (O&D) mines, as well as acid mine drainage (AMD)....

Miners willing to assist in finding AMD solution – Chamber

South Africa's Chamber of Mines (CoM) was prepared to assist the government in finding acid mine drainage (AMD) solutions that would deal with underground flooding and eliminate potential harm to people, in a sustainable way. "We wish to express...

Experts to compile report on extent of AMD problem

South Africa has appointed an InterMinisterial Committee (IMC) to address the acid mine drainage (AMD) issue in the Western and Central basins of the Witwatersrand, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Monday. The IMC,...

Miners to work with govt acid-drainage response team

A special Ministerial-level task team has been assembled by the South African government to develop a coordinated strategy to deal "urgently" with the issue of acid-water drainage, which some believe poses a serious threat to South Africa's water...

Coal of Africa shares drop as it halts some activities at Vele

Aim-, ASX- and JSE-listed Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) confirmed on Wednesday that it had stopped certain activities at its Vele colliery, in Limpopo province, following a directive from South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)....

Interim acid mine water solution to cost R218m – Minister

An interim solution for the toxic tide of acid mine water rising beneath the surface of South Africa's Witwatersrand area will cost government an estimated R145-million, Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Wednesday. Speaking at the...

CoAL ordered to stop work at Vele project

South Africa’s environmental management inspectorate, the Green Scorpions, has issued a compliance notice to Aim-, ASX- and JSE-listed Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) to cease with activities that were in contravention of the country’s National...

CoAL to meet with DEA on Vele project

Coal mining and development company Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) would on Tuesday again meet with the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to discuss “concerns” regarding the development of its Vele coking coal project, in...