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Six months’ monitoring shows all water from Kropz Elandsfontein Mine dewatering being well accepted downstream; results shared with 11-member water monitoring committee

Ground water monitoring results over a six month-period from April to September 2017 have shown that all water being pumped by the borehole system designed to de-water the mining area of Kropz’s Elandsfontein phosphate mine near Saldanha Bay is being well accepted downstream of the mining area, where flow continues towards the Langebaan Lagoon.

Monitoring report shows water pumping has no impact on groundwater, lagoon

Kropz, which is developing the Elandsfontein phosphate mine near Hopefield in the Western Cape, says the West Coast Environmental Protection Association’s (WCEPA) application to have the mine’s water use license (WUL) suspended.

Kropz welcomes Saldanha Bay Municipality response to allegations of complicity

Kropz Limited has noted with concern the allegations by the West Coast Environmental Protection Association (WCEPA).

Delay in commissioning at the Elandsfontein Project