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Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2006.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/30234 Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa Meiklejohn, K.I. (Ian) aubrey.tshivhandekano@dme.gov.za Tshivhandekano, Aubrey Ndinannyi UCTD Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2006. The reclamation and closure successes and challenges of Ermelo Mine Services in Mpumalanga Province in South Africa are documented and evaluated. It was found that most of the impacts of the mine on the environment and the surrounding areas were associated with the operational phase of Ermelo Mines Services. Major impacts and concerns that arose during the closure were the stability of the mined areas, contamination of the surrounding area, contamination and pollution in the study and surrounding areas, particularly of ground water aquifers, visual impacts, particularly of the discard dumps and slurry dams, the decommissioning of mining shafts, and monitoring the environment following the mine’s closure. It is apparent that reclamation has been effective particularly as a private concern was contracted to undertake aftercare, notably the re-vegetation of the dump. The aftercare activities have contributed to decreased surface runoff and a reduction in surface and ground water pollution, as well as greatly reduce dust levels. The implications of the findings from this study are presented, particularly in view of there being a strong need to develop a national strategy for mining in South Africa. Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology Unrestricted 2013-09-07T18:21:44Z 2005-12-08 2013-09-07T18:21:44Z 2004-12-20 2006-12-08 2005-12-08 Dissertation Tshivhandekano, A 2004, Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30234 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30234 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12082005-152604/ © 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa |
| title | Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa |
| title_full | Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa |
| title_short | Documenting reclamation and closure of Ermelo coal mines : implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in South Africa |
| title_sort | documenting reclamation and closure of ermelo coal mines implications for developing a national strategy for mine reclamation in south africa |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30234 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12082005-152604/ |