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Mining. Mining at Tormin is a free dig operation using conventional trucking and excavation utilising mobile excavators, front-end loaders and trucks. Historically, the Company has mined between 2.5 and 2.7 million tonnes of ore annually with ore trucked to a Primary Beach and Secondary Concentrator Plant located directly adjacent to the mining ...
• XOLCO (Xolobeni Empowerment Company): This is a lack "beconomic empowerment company" that is in partnership with MRC/TEM in the application for a mining license. • MRC (Mineral Resources Commodities): The mining company applying to mine at Xholobeni. • TEM: South African Subsidiary of MRC company.
The terms of that social contract are variously defined but include community support and co-operation in exchange for stakeholder recognition, infrastructure development, economic opportunity and jobs. ... public interest …
MRC Resources is pursuing Xolobeni via a 56% share of Transworld Energy and Minerals Resources, which plans to mine a 22km long and 1.5km wide stretch of the Xolobeni coastline, mainly for ...
Bekeni Danca, 40, was born in Xolobeni village and fears that if the project of an Australian-based company to mine the mineral sands along the coast of her village goes …
The Company, via its 50% owned South African subsidiary Mineral Sands Resources (Pty) Ltd ("MSR"), is a leading producer of zircon, rutile, garnet and ilmenite concentrates through its globally highest-grade Mineral Sands Operation at Tormin, located on …
We reached our final destination at the Mtentu river late in the afternoon, exhausted but inspired by the Xolobeni people and their brave resistance. Fourteen years of resistance. In the 14 years of resistance, the …
the Austrailian mining company Transworld Energy and Mineral Resources and the ... Madelene Cronjé / New Frame. 3 orking ocument n o 2 - 3 - Xolobeni is a rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape. If there were no titanium underneath the village and its land, the name Xolobeni would not be known to many people outside the Wild Coast ...
The Xolobeni deposit is cited on MRC website as being the 10th largest heavy mineral deposit in the world, estimatd at 346 million tonnes. Mining is proposed over 6 blocks over 25 years. Historical evidence suggests that the …
Nine years ago he faced questions that were tougher than usual. Institutional investors as well as minor shareholders were becoming impatient. At the time neither of the two main mining ventures in Africa – the Kariba Kono diamond mining operation in Sierra Leone and the Xolobeni Mineral Sands – were delivering on their promises.
Sanral's CEO, Nazir Alli denied at the time that the new route was connected to plans for mining in Xolobeni, arguing the coastal route would bring much-needed economic …
Section 5 of the MPRDA provides: "(1) A prospecting right, mining right, exploration right or production right granted in terms of this Act and registered in terms of the Mining Titles Registration Act, 1967 (Act No. 16 of 1967), is a limited real right in respect of the mineral or petroleum and the land to which such right relates.
Xolobeni, a remote area in rural Eastern Cape, has been a battleground over mining rights. Archive photo: Thembela Ntongana. The Umgungundlovu community, located in Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape, has won an important case in the Gauteng High Court that enables communities to meaningfully consult with companies that want to conduct mining …
In expanding the post-colonial aperture in this way, the article highlights how the State has accelerated the pace of slow violence experienced by rural Black South Africans, at first under colonialism, then under apartheid, and now at the hands of black political and economic elites keen to expand mining operations on land, and more recently ...
CALS will be in the Pretoria High Court on 10 February, arguing that mining communities should be able to access mining rights applications . On Monday, 10 February, members of the Umgungundlovu community will appear in the Pretoria High Court, asking that communities be given access to mining rights applications of operations that may impact them.
The report also lists 10 reasons why the mining operations in New South Wales have been discontinued and describes several of them as relevant to the proposed mining at Xolobeni. This means that TEM seeks to legitimise operations in South Africa regardless of their negative impact.
development rather than environmental protection. The proposed mining project was known as the Xolobeni mining development project within the Amadiba Tribal Authority, an area dominated by Pondos or (Mpondos). The Xolobeni area is located between the Mzamba and Mtentu Rivers, covering some 2 867 hectares, and
This was opposed by the mining company, Transworld Energy and Mineral Resources (TEM). The Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) was admitted as a friend of the court in the matter. Our organisation has extensive experience working with mining-affected communities in trying to access information about the operations that impact them.
The community discovered in 2015 that Transworld Energy and Mineral Resources had applied for the rights to mine titanium in the Xolobeni area of the Eastern Cape where they lived and worked ...
The man spearheading the push for mining in Xolobeni, Zamile Qunya, said claims that most Amadiba residents are against mining are subjective, ... Much is at stake: the Xolobeni operation, with a ...
In November, the Pretoria High Court heard that TEM intended to conduct open-cast mining activities on 900 hectares of land within the mining area, and that the mode of excavation would require the establishment of a number of plants and operations, including wet separation plants and the accompanying slime dams and tailing dams.
The Xolobeni titanium mining project by Australian company Mineral Commodities (MRC) was opposed by the Amadiba Crisis Committee since 2005. In 2016, ACC leader "Bazooka" Rhadebe, was assassinated. ... Qunya is a director of MRC's other South African operator, Tormin, the controversy-plagued dune mining operation on the West Coast. …
The future of this open cast operation to mine ilmenite, rutile and zircon on pristine sand dunes, hangs in the balance. In March 2016, opponents of the plan to mine titanium in the Xolobeni area in the Eastern Cape feared for their lives after the chairman of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe, was assassinated on 22 ...
Steadfast: The Xolobeni residents have, for more than a decade and with deadly consequences for them, fought off an Australian company wanting to mine their land.
This judgment is a significant victory for the Umgungundlovu community who have successfully brought several court challenges resisting the commencement of mining operations in Xolobeni.
In 2016, after violent incidents in the area, MRC announced the sale of its 56% share in the Xolobeni mining project. However, this does not seem to have taken place and in 2018 MRC told shareholders that the government supported the Xolobeni mining project, although this was disputed by the Department of Mineral Resources.
This is the first in a three-part series on Xolobeni, where members of a small community have been battling for years against a road project and a mine project. Tomorrow: Xolobeni: the N2 toll ...
Port Elizabeth for mining rights in 2000 (De Wet, 2011; Huizenga, 2019; Matebesi, 2020). The corporation proposed to mine a 22 km by 1.5 km stretch of the Xolobeni coastline for an estimated 22 years (Ledwaba, 2019). This request for mining rights took place through their
The man spearheading the push for mining in Xolobeni, Zamile Qunya, said claims that most Amadiba residents are against mining are subjective, emotive and baseless, and have been disproved by a public participation process. ... Much is at stake: the Xolobeni operation, with a lifespan of more than 20 years, promises to be richer and longer ...
