Elandsfontein Mine on Good Hope FM

Residents of the West Coast town of Hopefield have taken to the streets calling for the reopening of a phosphate mine in the nearby Elandsfontein Nature Reserve.

Elandsfontein Mine on Metro FM

Residents of Hopefield have taken to the streets calling for the reopening of a phosphate mine in the nearby Elandsfontein Nature Reserve. The mine has been temporarily closed for several months following a court application by an environmental group.

Kropz dewatering at Elandsfontein accepted by water monitoring committee

'Dewatering of aquifer has no negative impact'

Kropz: ‘Ons wil wys myne kan groen wees’

“Ons het so hard gewerk en was so uitgesproke daaroor om te wys daar kan op ’n omgewingsvriendelike wyse gemyn word, maar nou lyk dit of dit ons in die rug steek.”

Só sê Michelle Lawrence, tegniese direkteur van Kropz wat die Elandsfontein-fosfaatmyn aan die Weskus bedryf.

Fokus Elandsfontein mine

Digging a way out the Manhole

Women are making small - yet significant - strides in the mining sector. Integrating women into mining in South Africa is highly challenging, not only for cultural and operational reasons, but also – as reports of workplace assaults, rape and murder attest – because of issues of safety.

Nywerhede moet ook waterverbruik afskaal

Hoe gaan die Elandsfontein-myn megaliters drinkwater tydens ’n droogte ontvang, wil Weslander-lesers weet nadat die myn verlede maand ’n watergebruiklisensie van die departement van water en sanitasie ontvang het.

Fosfaatmyn kry lisensie vir water

Werksaamhede by die Elandsfontein-fosfaatmyn aan die Weskus behoort binnekort te begin nadat’ n watergebruikslisensie aan dié myn toegestaan is.

Hoë van reservaat by fosfaatmyn betrokke

Hoewel die voorsitter van die Kaapse Weskus-biosfeerreservaat (CWCBR) by ’n stigting van die mynmaatskappy Kropz aangestel is, het dit glo niks met haar werk by die reservaat uit te waai nie.

Kropz mine spent millions in SBM

Kropz mining company say more than 30% of staff recruited during the construction phase were local. According to Kropz, at the end of February 2017, expenditure within the Saldanha Bay Municipality (SBM) area during the construction phase exceeded R132 million.

Partnership Is Key

Forming partnerships and social acceptance by communities are the two key factors miners need to ensure to promote sustainability in the mining industry, says University of Cape Town Department of Chemical Engineering Minerals to Metals Initiative chief research officer Professor Jennifer Broadhurst

Energas Technologies supplies high fuel oil storage facility

Energas Technologies, leading supplier of high-end and specialised equipment to the oil and gas industries in Southern Africa, was commissioned by DRA Global for the design of a High Fuel Oil (HFO) storage facility for the Elandsfontein phosphate mining project in the Western Cape.

Elandsfontein Mining refutes allegations of non-consultation for water licence

Elandsfontein Mining and Exploration is refuting allegations that it has not consulted the public with regard to the water use licence for its phosphate mine.

Strenger waterbeperkings kom

Saldanhabaai-munisipaliteit bevestig strenger waterbeperkingsmaatreëls sal eersdaags ingestel word, dit terwyl die omstrede Elandsfontein-fosfaatmyn wag om te hoor oor hul uitstaande watergebruikslisensie.

Call for Public Consultation on Water Licence for Mine

Earlier this week, the Centre for Environmental Rights requested the Department of Water and Sanitation’s Western Cape Regional Office to order mining company Elandsfontein Exploration and Mining Pty Ltd (EEM) to conduct public participation in its application for a water use licence.

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Elandsfontein: Aansoek om waterlisensie steeds oorweeg

Die aansoek om 'n watergebruikslisensie vir die Elandsfontein-fosfaatmyn aan die Weskus word steeds oorweeg en 'n finale besluit is nog nie bekend gemaak nie.

Fosfaatmyn aan Weskus 'hou geen risiko in nie'

n Mynmaatskappy wat beoog om fosfaat aan die Weskus te myn, hou vol dat dié projek “geen beduidende risiko” vir die omliggende waterbronne inhou nie.

Soek berigte oor myn se ‘goeie werk’

Ek wil vra . . . Elandsfontein het al soveel positiewe dinge hier in ons omgewing laat gebeur sedert hulle koms, belê steeds in ons hele Weskus-gemeenskap waar nie net die Hopefielders by baat vind nie.

LETTER:Soek berigte oor myn se 'goeie werk'

Ek wil vra... Elandsfontein het al soveel poitiewe dinge hier in ons omgewing laat gebuer sedert hulle koms, bele steeds in ons hele Weskus-gemeenskap waar nie net doe Hopefielders by baat vind nie.

Myn rig kamp op vir skaars bokspesie

Drie skaars bontebokke is op die plaas Elandsfontein, naby Hopefield gevind. Die mynmaatskappy Kropz se beoogde fosfaatmyn is ook op dié plaas, voorheen ’n privaat natuurreservaat, geleë.

Kropz chooses rollover mining

Fertilizer miners Kropz and its joint venture partner African Rainbow Capital plan to produce phosphate concentrates from its Elandsfontein mine hear Saldanha in the Wstern Cape in the first quarter of 2017.

Myn bied beloning aan na kabeldiefstal

'n Mynmaatskappy wat beoog om fosfaat aan die Weskus te myn, bied 'n beloning aan vir inligting wat kan lei tot die vastrek van diewe wat kan lei tot doe bastrek van diewe wat kabels gesny en gesteel het.

Sabotage at mine investigated now

An investigation, then no investigation and finally a “serious investigation” has been launched to find the culprits behind the incidents of ‘sabotage’ at the Elandsfontein mine.

Developer promises a 'green' approach at Elandsfontein

Kropz, the private company behind the development of the R 1,35 billion Elandsfontein phosphate mine near Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape, says that the project - which has been opposed by environmental groups - is being built to the highest standards and that fears that it will unduly impact on the sensitive West Coast environment are misplaced.

SANparks allegedly advise against licence for mine

Documents published on social media allege that SANParks, owner of West Coast National Park, has taken a stand against the proposed phosphate mine on the park’s borders.