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Jun 20, 2018· For its study titled "Full Disclosure: the Truth about Mining Rehabilitation in South Africa"‚ Intellidex assessed the annual financial disclosures of 11 JSE-listed coal and platinum mining ...

Looking at innovative ways to rehabilitate mining land; Looking at innovative ways to utilise mining land post closure. Planning for mine closure with the 'end-use' of the land in mind, the mining industry in South Africa has the opportunity to realise innovative sustainable land uses and create functioning ecosystems post mine closure.

Jun 14, 2018· Full Disclosure: the truth about mining rehabilitation in South Africa Centre for Environmental Rights. Loading... Unsubscribe from Centre for Environmental Rights?

Cost-effective, post-mining environmental restoration of an open-cast phosphate mine at Langebaanweg, South Africa J D van Eeden December 2010 Page ii ABSTRACT Approaching the ecological rehabilitation of an open-cast phosphate mine in the West Coast of South Africa during the post-operational phase presented some challenges.

Legislation requires that all mining operations within South Africa must make financial provision to guarantee the availability of sufficient funds to undertake rehabilitation and remediation of the adverse environmental impacts of mining activities both during the life of the mine and at closure.

May 09, 2016· Prof Tracy Humby: "Mine Closure and Rehabilitation in South Africa: Moving Beyond Denial?" Prof. Caroline Digby joined the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg as the Director of the Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry (CSMI), in 2014. The centre focuses on promoting responsible mining across Africa through research ...

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South Africa's mining laws. South African law requires mining companies to set aside funds at the outset of a project for rehabilitation of the local area once the mine has reached the end of its life.

Oct 28, 2014· Mining rehabilitation funds – what if they are no longer needed? Thoughts on Section 37A of the Income Tax Act. Mining companies are obliged to perform environmental rehabilitation of mining sites upon the termination or premature closure, decommissioning and final closure, of mining .

The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), an OSF-SA grantee, recently released a series of reports entitled 'Full Disclosure – the truth about mining rehabilitation in South Africa'. The reports analyse the extent to which South African mining companies accurately reflect their environmental compliance records, and their environmental impacts and liabilities, in their reports to ...

Oct 01, 2016· GUEST ARTICLE: Rehabilitation mining in the goldfields of South Africa South Africa is a mature mining economy, once the largest producer of gold in the world (Hart, 2013). The majority of the gold-bearing ore body is found in a complex reef package that generally strikes to .

Mineral wealth Mining Qualifications Authority Petroleum Agency South Africa Shale gas exploration Reserves Ferrous minerals Industrial minerals Geology . Mining plays a pivotal role in South Africa's socio-economic development objectives and remains one of the Government's strategic tools for the economic emancipation of its people.

South Africa has, and still is, relying heavily on mining activities to generate wealth that could be translated into economic development, infrastructure and employment. Formal mining in South Africa is more than 100 years old. Early legislation focused on 'surface rehabilitation' and the primary emphasis of mining was on its economic gains.

Dec 15, 2018· Mining causes severe, long-term damage to the environment. It destroys ecosystems and pollutes water, soil and air. These impacts have consequences for the health and well-being of affected communities. In South Africa, mining is encroaching on our strategic water source areas.

Despite South Africa's mine closure laws comparing well internationally, the country can boast very few examples of successfully implemented mine closure; instead, over 6,000 mines have been abandoned without adequate rehabilitation.

Financial Provisions for Rehabilitation and Closure in ... provisions for rehabilitation and closure, focused on the estimation and adequacy ... fourthly, it does not cater for some sectors of the mining industry in South Africa such as subsistence ("pick and shovel") mining.

The Closure and Rehabilitation Plan – to be read with the EMP - must be used to guide the site establishment, operation and decommissioning phases of the mining operation and guide the final rehabilitation of the permit site. Mine rehabilitation must be viewed as an on-going process aimed at restoring the site to a pre-mining state.

Rehabilitation Plan and Closure Cost Estimate for the De Groote Boom Mining Area UAR2967 Digby Wells Environmental 1 1 Introduction Mining in South Africa is renowned as a key element of economic development. However, this significant economic development is shadowed by the environmental damage caused by the mining operations.

Mining companies in South Africa are required to make financial provision in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act No. 28 of 2002 (the MPRDA), read with the National Environmental Management Act No. 107 of 1998 (NEMA), for the rehabilitation of the mining areas on which mining activities are conducted (this will in future ...

South Africa is party to various bilateral investment treaties (BITs), many of which include clauses aimed at protecting investments and restricting the South African government's ability to expropriate the property of foreign investors in South Africa. It should, however, be noted that South Africa has terminated many BITs in recent years on ...

Jun 29, 2018· However, CER's report has found that the legal framework for publicising and using rehabilitation funds is itself flawed South Africa's mining laws. South African law requires mining companies to set aside funds at the outset of a project for rehabilitation of the local area once the mine has reached the end of its life.

Rehabilitation minefield – the tax costs of not complying 31 3. South African mining industry 5 ... 8 SA Mine : Review of trends in the South African mining industry In 2005, coal and platinum group metals (PGMs) overtook gold as the ... number of mines in South Africa. It demonstrates how cost pressures have eroded profitability in the

2025. Mining rehabilitation funds February 2012 - Issue 149. Mining companies are obliged to perform environmental rehabilitation of mining sites upon the decommissioning or termination of mining activities. Section 37A of the Income Tax Act, No. 58 of 1962 (the Act) aligns tax policy with environmental regulation.

May 05, 2016· Mine Closure and Rehabilitation in South Africa: Moving Beyond Denial? Professor Tracy Humby CER Mine Closure Seminar Sunnyside Hotel, 5 May 2016
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