Glencore Eastern Mines Environmental Impact Assessment

What

Glencore Operations South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“Glencore”) proposes to improve and upgrade the surface water management infrastructure at its Glencore Eastern Mines operations.

Where

Glencore Eastern Mines, portions 1, 3, and 7 of the farm Thorncliffe 374 KT, and portion 3 of the farm De Grooteboom 373 KT, are located approximately 27 kilometres (“km”) south of Steelpoort and 35 km north-west of Mashishing (Lydenburg) in the Fetakgomo Tubatse Local Municipality, Limpopo Province.

Description

Glencore proposes to improve and upgrade the surface water management infrastructure at its Glencore Eastern Mines operations.

A new pollution control dam, sediment trap, dry pad and stormwater collection sump is proposed at Thorncliffe Mine.

A new pollution control dam, stormwater collection sump and sediment trap is also proposed at Magareng Mine.

Upgrades are proposed at crossings along roads to existing ventilation shaft fans, that includes the construction of drifts, culverts, chutes and energy dissipators, as well as a gabion structure.

The pumpstations at Helena and Magareng Mines are proposed to be upgraded at the water abstraction points along the Groot Dwars River, with new pumpstations that will be installed.

An Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) by means of a Scoping & EIA process in terms of NEMA, read with the EIA Regulations, 2014 (GNR 982 of 4 December 2014 as amended).

PUBLIC REVIEW EXPIRES: 09 March 2026