Acid mine drainage single most significant threat to SA’s environment

Environmentalists have termed acid mine drainage (AMD) the single most significant threat to South Africa’s environment and this is being driven home by the AMD problems being experienced at the East Rand operations of provisionally liquidated...

Acid mine drainage single most significant threat to South Africa’s environment

Environmentalists have termed acid mine drainage (AMD) as the single most significant threat to South Africa’s environment. In the past, these and other concerns about AMD were in effect ignored by the major stakeholders of the country’s...

Chamber of Mines worried about rising incidence of acid mine drainage

The Chamber of Mines, the association that looks after the interests of the local mining industry, has openly admitted that acid mine drainage is a growing problem in the industry that needs significant attention.

Climate-risk disclosure becoming a business imperative

The Chamber of Mines on Friday called for South African companies to increase climate-risk disclosure, saying that there was significant interest from shareholders and the public in companies' concrete responses to climate change.

Lack of action on mine-water pollution could cause environmental catastrophe

Water pollution of extraneous mine water is considered to be one of the most serious and potentially enduring environmental concerns facing the mining industry. Left unchecked, it could have a significant impact on water quality and be remembered...

Lack of action on mine-water pollution could cause environmental catastrophe

Water pollution of extraneousmine water is consideredto be one of the mostserious and potentially enduring environmental concerns facing the mining industry. Left unchecked, it could have a significant impact on water quality and be remembered as...

Legacy in danger of drowning

Future South Africans will face the legacy of unpumped acid-water unless mines act now

Legacy costs: Fighting back years of mine pollution

As a result of the very nature of its activities, the mining industry has long been branded as one of the biggest pollution culprits in South Africa.

Legacy costs: Fighting back years of mine pollution

As a result of the very nature of its activities, the mining industry has long been branded as one of the biggest pollution culprits in South Africa.