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22-1768 AUTH Etzostax 13324MP DBAR

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ProposalDescription: 

Etzostax (Pty) Ltd (hereinafter Etzostax) is applying for a new Mining Permit (MP) adjacent to the existing Highveld Collieries opencast mining operations. Etzostax intends on using the existing infrastructure at Highveld Collieries in order to optimise the MP area for resource extraction. The MP area is located on a portion of Portion 46 of the Farm Elandsfontein 309 in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa.

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Etzostax intends to mine coal resources on a 5ha portion of portion 46 of the farm Elandsfontein 309 JS. The resource will be mined via opencast roll over mining. The following activities will be undertaken on site: • Box cut opencast mining with a roll over rehabilitation sequence; • Mobile crushing and screening of the ROM coal in the pit; • Hauling, access road, haul road; • Mobile office; • Mobile sanitation and change house; • Mobile fuel storage; • Pollution control facility/dam(s); • Clean and dirty water separation system; • Topsoil, subsoil, overburden, ROM stockpiles; • Weighbridge; • Waste management; A basic assessment process is required in terms of the NEMA 2014 amended regulations for the application of a Mining Permit.

ApplicationDate: 

Tuesday, September 6, 2022 - 11:14

CaseID: 

19495

OtherReferences: 

CaseReferenceDepartmentApplicationTypeDeadlineDateContactPerson
MP 30/5/1/1/3/13324 MP
Department of Mineral Resources - Mpumalanga
12/09/2022
Prisca Maluleka

Heritage Reports: 

Phase 1 Etzostax Archaeological

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