Regulatory and other measures have been put in place to address the serious environmental consequences of acid mine drainage. To complement current efforts and ensure that the mining sector makes its fair contribution towards continuing acid mine...
Land owners are now responsible for acid mine drainage (AMD) after the land has been sold. The Constitutional Court recently made the ruling after it dismissed an application by Harmony Gold. The application was for leave to appeal against the...
Harmony Gold, the world’s fifth-largest gold producer, is to appeal against a North Gauteng High Court ruling that it continue paying for pumping water from a West Rand mine it sold in 2008, CEO Graham Briggs told Business Day last Friday. An...