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On 21 May 2021, the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy published a draft National Mine Closure Strategy under the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 (MPRDA). The aim of the strategy is, among others, to manage the closure of mines in an integrated and sustainable manner, promote a strategic approach to managing water at mining and mineral processing sites, and to integrate environmental management and closure activities with socio-economic interventions and aligning these with a sustainable post-closure economy. Comments on the draft strategy must be submitted to the DMRE before 23 July 2021
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On 11 June 2021, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) published the amendments to the EIA Regulations, Listing Notice 1, 2 and 3 of the EIA Regulations,2014 for activities in terms of Section 24(2) and 24D of the NEMA, 1998 ( ACT NO 107 of 1998). The amendment is related to mining and associated activities.
At this webinar, the DMRE will present the draft Mine Closure Strategy, and the DFFE will provide feedback on the recently gazetted Amendments to the EIA Regulations (2014, as amended).
