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Nov 08, 2011· An Australian company, Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has recently been given the go ead to begin construction of an opencast and underground coal mine. The Vele mine is located km to the east of the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (MCL) World Heritage Site and bordering directly on the World Heritage Site buffer zone.
This report (published in June) expresses serious concerns about the continued and increasing threat that CoAL''s Vele mine poses to the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape. The Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape is a listed World Heritage site located at the northern .
Coal resources at Makhado contain a high proportion of vitrinite. The mine is estimated to contain probable reserves of 188Mt, containing of hard coking coal and of thermal coal. Mining and processing of coal from Makhado mine. Conventional truck and shovel mining methods will be applied at the Makhado open cast mine.
May 13, 2010· Anglo Coal has already started prospecting for coal on farms bordering Mapungubwe. A consortium of business people are also busy with plans to build a power station, Mulilo, next to the Vele coal mine. It seems the Department of Environmental Affairs did not authorise the building of a road to the site where the mine will be built, but CoAl ...
Coal of Africa chief executive John Wallington said the group''s controversial Vele colliery, located 6km from Mapungubwe National Park and World Heritage Site, would have "the most monitored water use licence in the country".
MINING IN THE MAPUNGUBWE AREA CEASES – FOR NOW AUG11 Written by:Hayley Komen Wednesday, August 11, 2010 On Tuesday 3rd August 2010, a coalition of civil society organisations, concerned about the recent granting of a mining right to Limpopo Coal (Pty) Ltd by the Department of Mineral Resources, (the applicants), launched interdict proceedings against Limpopo Coal (Pty) Ltd .
CALS has represented the Save Mapungubwe Coalition with our partners at the Centre for Environmental Rights since 2010. The Coalition formed when a coal mine was constructed within 7km of the Mapungubwe World Heritage Site. Coal of Africa''s Vele Colliery posed a threat to the integrity of both the sacred site and the surrounding water scarce ...
Jul 17, 2012· [] — COAL of Africa (CoAL) CEO John Wallington says he doubts whether any other new mining development will be permitted in the region around the Mapungubwe National Park, a world heritage site and the location of the company''s Vele colliery. Vele, primarily a coking coal resource, used to be the focal point of environmentalists''
The authorisation given to an Australian company called Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) to construct an opencast coal mine, called the Vele Colliery, just outside of the boundaries of the Mapungubwe National Park will affect this fragile natural harmony. To Abram, "mining and industry is a short term plan, tourism is a longterm plan."
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Mining threatens Mapungubwe Fin24. CoAL Africa announced on Tuesday it was awarded a licence by the deparment of minerals to set up an opencast coal mine and a power station, called Vele coal mine/Mulilo power station, in the buffer zone of the ecologically sensitive and culturally valuable Mapungubwe. The park borders on
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Feb 03, 2010· CoAL Africa announced on Tuesday it was awarded a licence by the deparment of minerals to set up an opencast coal mine and a power station, called Vele coal mine/Mulilo power station, in the buffer zone of the ecologically sensitive and culturally valuable Mapungubwe. The park borders on Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Jun 03, 2012· Meanwhile, the company reported loading its first train of coal from the Vele mine, which is situated in close proximity of Mapungubwe. About 1 500 t of thermal coal were loaded onto 30 wagons in Musina.
Jun 01, 2015· Cape Town For five years they fought to protect South Africa''s "lost city of gold" from the ravages of coal mining. And even now the battle to save Mapungubwe is not over.
Jun 28, 2012· MAPUNGUBWE NATIONAL PARK, South Africa — After surviving for a millennium, South Africa''s most precious historical site is facing a new threat: a nearby coal mine .
The coalition of civil society organisations challenging the authorisations given to mining company Limpopo Coal (Pty) Ltd''s proposed Vele colliery outside the Mapungubwe National Park and World Heritage Site has agreed to suspend legal proceedings against the mining company pending the outcome of negotiations with it.
Much of the applicants'' concern relates to the location of the Vele Colliery and the impact that the mining and related operations will have on the unique and sensitive landscape within which the Vele mining area falls. The Vele mining area is situated on 8500 ha and lies less than 6km from the borders of the Mapungubwe National Park and is ...
Jul 08, 2012· The United Nations has voiced its concern over a coal mine adjacent to the Mapungubwe heritage site in Limpopo, ... Open cast coal mining had resumed in Vele.
Mining in the Mapungubwe Area to go ead. By: Christine Sievers, 8 September 2011 The government has reversed its tough stance and agreed to allow Coal of Africa (CoAL) to proceed with the Vele Coal mine seven kilometres from the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site (details of this important archaeological site are given below). ...
Nov 24, 2011· [] –COAL of Africa (CoAL) and the Save Mapungubwe Coalition (the coalition) have declared a truce and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) over the Vele mine in Limpopo. CoAL and the coalition have been at loggerheads over development of the coking coal mine for the past 18 months because of its proximity to the Mapungubwe ...
Australian company Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) was recently given the go ead to begin construction of an opencast and underground coal mine within less than 6km from the borders of the Mapungubwe National Park and adjacent to the World Heritage Site, with the approval of the Environmental Management Plan for the proposed Vele Colliery.
case centres on the establishment of the Vele colliery in Musina, Limpopo Province, by Limpopo Coal (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Australian mining company Coal of Africa (CoAL). The mining area is some 8500 ha in extent and, taking into account the full life of the mine, will at one stage lie 7km from the borders of the Mapungubwe National Park.
Coal and diamond mines operate within close proximity of the wildlife, baobab trees and heritage sites. Despite several years of opposition from conservationists, farmers and archaeologists, the opencast Vele Coal Mine has carved out mopani woodland near the park''s eastern border.
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