Construction of world's largest platinum mine back on track
Community leaders said the mine infringed on their rights because ancestral graves in the vicinity of the project would have to be removed
Building in Limpopo of the world's largest platinum mine is set to resume after Canada-listed mining house Ivanhoe won a court victory this week letting it go ahead with the moving of ancestral graves. The High Court in Pretoria last week gave the go-ahead for recommencement of the sinking of the shaft. Robert Friedland, chairman of the Canada-listed company, has been trying to establish the $1.7-billion (about R22-billion) mine for the past three years, but ran into opposition from local communities, which accused the mining company of human rights violations. Community leaders said the mine infringed on their rights because ancestral graves in the vicinity of the project would have to be removed. Community members were granted an interim interdict in November to halt the project.
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