KM_C654e-20210311120932

The document is a letter from the Mpumalanga Province Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs granting environmental authorisation to Atha Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd for the Yzermyn Underground Coal Mine. The authorisation covers multiple listed activities, including the construction of surface infrastructure, roads, and an explosives magazine, while noting significant impacts on wetlands and endangered ecosystems.

• The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs of Mpumalanga Province has granted environmental authorisation for the Yzermyn Underground Coal Mine, located on various farms at Mabola within the Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality.
• The project's surface infrastructure will directly impact 12.10 hectares of wetland areas. This infrastructure includes an adit platform, administration buildings, internal access roads, workshops, a vehicle wash bay, sewage and water treatment plants, and storm water control infrastructure.
• The mine is situated within the Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland (Gm 14), which is classified as an endangered ecosystem. The site is also identified as a critical biodiversity area (CBA) according to the Pixley Ka Seme Local Municipality EMF (2011) and the Mpumalanga Biodiversity Sector Plan (MBSP).
• The total footprint for the mine's surface infrastructure is approximately 22.4 hectares. During the construction phase, all vegetation in this area, calculated at approximately 224,028 square metres, will be cleared, and topsoil will be stripped to a depth of 700 mm or more.
• Planned infrastructure includes an explosives magazine storage facility with a capacity of no more than 1,000 kg of explosives and an enclosed conveyor system to transport coal from underground operations to the ROM 'raw coal' stockpile.

APA

Centre for Environmental Rights (n.d.). KM_C654e-20210311120932. https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RA2-Extract-of-EA.pdf?x21779

Chicago

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@misc{centreforenvironmentalrightsndkmc654e20210311120932, author = {{Centre for Environmental Rights}}, title = {{KM\_C654e-20210311120932}}, publisher = {Centre for Environmental Rights}, url = {https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/RA2-Extract-of-EA.pdf?x21779}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }