Heritage Cases

Rhovan Mine ("Rhovan”), a Vanadium Opencast Mine and Processing Plant has submitted an application for an integrated environmental authorisation ("EA") and waste management license ("WML") under the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 ("NEMA") and the National Environmental Management: Waste Act 59 of 2008 ("NEMWA") respectively to the Department of Mineral Resources ("DMR"), including for approval of the amendment of the existing Environmental Management Programme for the RM ("Existing Rhovan EMPR") for the following activities:  Construction of the test kiln and technical plant baghouse (“Test Kiln and Baghouse”).  Construction of an evaporation plant (“Evaporation Plant”).  The Construction of Baghouse at the Dust Control (“Dust Control Baghouse”)  Deposition of dewatered beneficiation slimes into open pits for rehabilitation purposes, including the expansion and construction of associated infrastructure. RM is an established (est. 1990’s) open cast Vanadium Mine and processing plant. RM is located near the towns of Berseba and Bethanie between Brits (Madibeng) and Rustenburg (Bojanala) in the Central Bankeveld of the North-West Province of South Africa. The RM site falls within the jurisdiction of the Rustenburg Local Municipality. The RM site is situated directly to the east of the R555 which runs between the N4 in the south and to Sun City further to the north.