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Scoping Report as part of the Environmental Authorisation Application for the Vlakfontein Coal Mining Project by Glubay Coal (Pty) Ltd in the District of Vereeniging and Meyerton, Gauteng

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Glubay Coal (Pty) Ltd is an affiliated company of Canyon Resources which is a mining and exploration company with current operations in Mpumalanga and Gauteng. The company has three operational coal mines, Phalanndwa and Phalanndwa Extension Colliery in the Delmas area and Khanye Colliery situated in the Bronkhorstspruit area. All three are opencast coal mines, mined through the typical truck and shovel method with concurrent rehabilitation being done at all five sites. The Vlakfontein Coal Mining Project (Vlakfontein Project) is a proposed opencast colliery, located in, on and around the old workings of the abandoned Springfield Colliery, 7km South of Meyerton and 10km North of Vereeniging in the Sedibeng District Municipality of the Gauteng Province. The Mining Right application area falls over the farm Vlakfontein 546 IQ located partially in the Midvaal Local Municipality and the Emfuleni Local Municipality.

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The application area is 110 Hectares (Ha) in extent but the area to be disturbed by mining and associated activities is approximately a further 10 Ha. The project has a resource of approximately 31.3 million tonnes of coal that will be marketed to local and export markets. Production will start at approximately 50 000 tons per month and will increase by approximately 100 000 tons per month to an average of 600 000 tons per month during full production with a life of mine (LOM) of 26 years. Coal mining will be undertaken by the conventional truck and shovel rollover method and will be opencast only. Concurrent rehabilitation will occur during the operational phase by means of the roll over method. The project will entail new mining infrastructure being developed, which will potentially include: • Opencast mining pit; • Overburden and discard stockpiles; • Access roads and haul roads; • Run of mine (RoM) stockpiles; • Pollution control dam; • Stormwater trenches; • Security office; • Hard Park area • Chemical Toilets; • Water pipelines; and • Fencing. Haul roads on the mine itself will be established, as well as additional haul roads linking the mine and coal loading rail sidings. Access to the project area is from tarred roads (R59 and M61) and a railway line passes the project area in the east.

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 12:19

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21420

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Department of Mineral Resources - Gauteng

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  1. PDF icon SCOPING REPORT FOR THE VLAKFONTEIN COAL MINING PROJECT_updated 11 May.pdf
  2. PDF icon 20230626 FINAL SCOPING REPORT FOR THE VLAKFONTEIN COAL MINING PROJECT - Final.pdf
 
 

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