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NOTICE OF APPEAL AGAINST THE GRANT OF MINING RIGHT MP 30/5/1/2/2/505 MR TO WILLIAM PATRICK BOWER (PTY) LTD IN RESPECT OF PORTIONS 6 & 23 OF THE FARM GROENVLEI 353JT AND PORTION 12 OF THE FARM LAKENVALEI 355JT IN THE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT OF BELFAST, MPUMALANGA PROVINCE. REQUEST FOR SUSPENSION OF THE AFORESAID MINING RIGHT PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THIS APPEAL
A notice of appeal submitted by BirdLife South Africa to the Minister of Mineral Resources on 30 July 2013, challenging the Director-General's decision to grant a mining right (MP 30/5/1/2/2/505 MR) to William Patrick Bower (Pty) Ltd for coal mining in the Belfast district of Mpumalanga Province.
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Document type: Statement
1.4-annexures-4-29c174f5574f969f.pdf
This document consists of several annexures related to two proposed coal mining projects in Mpumalanga, South Africa: the Lusthof Colliery and the WPB Colliery. The first part is a draft report from 2012 by Dr. Hugo van Zyl for Black Gold Coal Estates (BGCE) regarding the financial provisioning for a Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant (WTP) at Lusthof Colliery, estimating a required provision of approximately R74.42 million to cover construction and 100 years of post-closure operation. The second part contains correspondence and reviews from 2013 to 2015 regarding the WPB Colliery, featuring objections from BirdLife South Africa and technical reviews by Golder Associates. These reviews highlight 'fatal flaws' in the WPB Colliery's water use license application, specifically the lack of adequate acid mine drainage (AMD) assessment, insufficient public participation, and flawed geochemical modelling for pollution mitigation.
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Document type: Report
8-0e1aeb0cd51fd598.pdf
The document contains a strategic plan for expanding protected areas in Mpumalanga province from 2009 to 2028, alongside legal correspondence and objections regarding a proposed coal mine by Atha-Africa Ventures (Pty) Ltd on Portion 1 of the farm Yzermyn 96 HT. The strategy prioritizes the Grassland Biome for conservation, while the legal disputes center on the environmental risks to the Mabola Protected Environment and the alleged failure of the mining application to follow the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA).
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IN THE MATTER OF THE GRANTING OF AUTHORISATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 23(1) OF THE MINERALS PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT – GRANTING OF A MINING RIGHT AND APPROVAL OF THE EMPR IN RESPECT OF PORTIONS 6 and 23 OF GROENVLEI 353 JT and PORTION 12 of LAKENVLEI 355 JT , LOCATED IN THE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT OF BELFAST, MPUMALANGA PROVINCE. REFERENCE MP 30/5/1/2/2/505 MR INTERNAL APPEAL TO THE MINISTER OF MINERAL RESOURCES APPEAL IN TERMS OF SECTION 96 OF THE MINERALS PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT AND URGENT REQUEST FOR THE REASONS TO GRANT THE ABOVEMNETIONED MINING RIGHT AND APPROVAL THE EMPR IN TERMS OF SECTION 6(2) OF THE ACT AND URGENT SUSPENSION OF THE MINING RIGHT AND APPROVED EMPR
The Escarpment Environment Protection Group (EEPOG) and other appellants have filed an internal appeal to the Minister of Mineral Resources to suspend and set aside the granting of a mining right and the approval of an Environmental Management Programme (EMPR) to William Patrick Bower (Pty) Ltd (WPB). The appellants argue that the process was procedurally unfair, lacked meaningful consultation, and ignored critical environmental and socio-economic risks in the sensitive Steenkampsberg area of Mpumalanga.
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Document type: Statement