CoAL said it has undertaken to share all information relevant to the impacts of the Vele Colliery on the environment, including water and heritage resources.
The negotiations will address further research, monitoring and modeling of the potential impacts of mining at the Vele Colliery and requisite amendments to Limpopo Coal’s approved environmental management plan (EMP) and water use license as may be agreed by the parties.
The coalition will stay the legal proceedings and the administrative appeals against the new order mining right, the EMP, the integrated water use licence and the section 24G authorisation subject to the signature of a memorandum of agreement (MOA).
Pursuant to the conclusion of the MOA, the legal proceedings and administrative appeals against Vele Colliery will be withdrawn, CoAL said.
The parties will endeavour to facilitate participation by the coalition regarding the terms of the biodiversity off-set deal to be concluded between CoAL, the Department of Environmental Affairs and the South African National Parks.
The coalition includes the Endangered Wildlife Trust, BirdLife South Africa, Wilderness Foundation South Africa, World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa, Mapungubwe Action Group and the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists.
