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aj9-17a48232d3bab151.pdf
This document is a technical map dated 27 June 2018 showing a mined-out area above decant level in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, specifically near Utrecht. It uses a coal floor model based on exploration borehole data to delineate mine boundaries and decant areas.
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Document type: Report
APPELLANTS’ RESPONDING STATEMENT, IN TERMS OF REGULATION 74(8) OF THE MINERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, 2004, TO ATHA-AFRICA VENTURES (PTY) LTD’S REPLYING SUBMISSION
This responding statement, submitted by the Centre for Environmental Rights on behalf of eight appellants, challenges the Department of Mineral Resources' (DMR) approval of the Environmental Management Programme (EMPR) for Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd's proposed Yzermyn mine. The appellants argue that the approved EMPR authorizes an environmentally destructive discard dump, ignores extensive government conservation policies for the area, and contains woefully inadequate financial provisions for rehabilitation.
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Document type: Statement
BRIGHT COAL-COMMISIEKRAAL
This case study examines the granting and renewal of a coal prospecting right on the Farm Commissiekraal in KwaZulu-Natal, focusing on the ecological sensitivity of the Pongola river headwaters and the failure to consult downstream water users.
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Document type: Case study
Summary of estimated annual externality costs relating to water resources for Kusile Externalities in coal mining and coal-power generation
This fact sheet by the Centre for Environmental Rights details the estimated annual water-related externality costs for the Kusile coal-fired power station and argues that the Draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (2016) misrepresents the total costs of coal by failing to account for these externalities.
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Document type: Fact sheet