Yearly Archives: 2024
SABC: ‘New draft impact report for Tendele Coal Mine is misleading’
‘New draft impact report for Tendele Coal Mine is misleading’ - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa’s news leader.
Community, environmentalists say new draft EIA for Tendele coal mine is biased, misleading.
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Sunday World: Rural community divided over open-pit iron-ore mining in KZN
Rural community divided over open-pit iron-ore mining in KZN
A mining company owned by Mauritius-based entity Jindal Steel and Power together with a South African BBBEE partner holding a 25% stake in the project are at the centre of a storm over mining rights in a rural KwaZulu-Natal community.
The company faces opposition to developing an open-pit iron-ore mine and a processing facility in the foothills of eMakhasaneni under the Mthonjaneni local municipality.
The project was halted in 2016 following strong opposition from residents and various environmental rights organisations.
The company faces opposition to developing an open-pit iron-ore mine and a processing facility in the foothills of eMakhasaneni under the Mthonjaneni local municipality.
The project was halted in 2016 following strong opposition from residents and various environmental rights organisations.
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Daily Maverick: Coal mining company sends bulldozers into KZN village before impact studies are finalised
Coal company sends bulldozers into KZN village before studies finalised
Residents of a village in northern KwaZulu-Natal fear being permanently removed from their homes and ancestral land as the mining company Tendele has already started laying the groundwork for three new mines — before the Environmental Impact Assessment and public consultation process have been finalised.
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Daily Maverick: UNDP moves to scrap support for ‘risky’ R165bn Limpopo heavy industry zone
Limpopo heavy industry plan on shaky ground as UN agency rethinks support
A United Nations internal watchdog unit has advised its biggest development aid agency to scrap an agreement backing the development of a R165-billion heavy industry zone in Limpopo. Citing the risk of significant reputational harm to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the agency’s New York-based Social and Environmental Compliance Unit (SECU) has recommended the immediate cancellation of an agreement signed two years ago to support the controversial Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ).
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Green Building Africa: Environmental Authorisation refused for Jindal’s Melmoth Iron Ore Mine in KwaZulu-Natal.
Environmental authorisation refused for Jindal’s Melmoth iron ore mine in Kwazulu-Natal - Green Building Africa
In a victory for people, the environment and sustainable development, Jindal’s Environmental Authorisation for a massive 202 km2 mining site to develop an open cast iron ore mine and processing plant near Melmoth was refused by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on Friday on environmental grounds. All Rise submitted comments in the EnvironmentalRead More
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The Peoples Network: Jindal Steel’s $2 Billion Iron-Ore Mine Project in South Africa Faces Environmental Setback
Jindal Steel’s $2 Billion Iron-Ore Mine Project in South Africa Faces Environmental Setback
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd’s $2bn iron-ore mine in Melmoth, South Africa faces a setback after environmental application rejection due to gaps in the assessment. Local communities and environmental groups raise concerns.