ArcelorMittal South Africa’s Environmental Master Plan

This briefing describes a legal case in which the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) represented the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA) to compel ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to disclose an environmental impact study and records regarding the closure and rehabilitation of the Vaal Disposal Site.

• The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruled on 26 November 2014 that ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) must release the 'Environmental Master Plan' and other records to the Vaal Environmental Justice Alliance (VEJA) and pay VEJA's legal costs.
• The SCA judgement highlighted a lack of good faith by AMSA and noted contradictions between the company's communications to shareholders and its actual behavior, while asserting that constitutional values prohibit secrecy regarding environmental issues for corporations operating in the country.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (2017). ArcelorMittal South Africa’s Environmental Master Plan. https://cer.org.za/programmes/transparency/litigation/arcelormittal-south-africas-environmental-master-plan

Chicago

Centre for Environmental Rights. ArcelorMittal South Africa’s Environmental Master Plan. 2017. https://cer.org.za/programmes/transparency/litigation/arcelormittal-south-africas-environmental-master-plan.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centreforenvironmentalrights2017arcelormittal, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{ArcelorMittal South Africa’s Environmental Master Plan}}, institution = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, year = {2017}, month = jul, url = {https://cer.org.za/programmes/transparency/litigation/arcelormittal-south-africas-environmental-master-plan}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }