Government in activists’ sights over non-compliant coal mines
An assessment of water-use licences found gross violations by operators, as well as huge failures by the department of water and sanitation
03 July 2019 - 19:48
An environmental activist law group is considering legal action to compel the government to hold water-polluting coal miners in Mpumalanga to account.
The Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) released a report on Wednesday that assesses the compliance with water-use licences of eight large coal mines in Mpumalanga and includes operations belonging to Anglo American, Glencore, South32, Exxaro and Wescoal. ..
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