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Scoping and EIA Process for Namakwa Sands Modified East OFS Project Residue Disposal Plan

Short Project Title

Namakwa Sands Modified East OFS Project Residue Disposal Plan

Project Title

Scoping and EIA Process for Namakwa Sands Modified East OFS Project Residue Disposal Plan

SRK Project Reference Number

548215

SRK Project Manager

Matthew Law

Contact Person

Kelly Armstrong

Contact Email

karmstrong@srk.co.za

Contact Number

021 659 3060

Namakwa Sands Modified East OFS Project Residue Disposal Plan

PROJECT SYNOPSIS

Tronox Mineral Sands (Pty) (Ltd) (Tronox) mines heavy mineral sands at the existing Namakwa Sands Mine at Brand se Baai in accordance with approved Environmental Management Programmes (EMPrs) and within an authorised mining area.

The East Mine is currently a shallow mine, where mining of only the top Red Aeolian Sand (RAS) layer occurs. Mined material (sand ore) is processed at the Primary Concentration Plant at the East Mine (PCP East) to produce a heavy mineral concentrate (HMC). Waste products from the PCP East include sand tailings (coarser material) and (finer) residue called fines. Sand tailings are backfilled into the mining void(s), and slurried residue is disposed of in Residue Storage Facilities (RSFs).

Tronox is authorised to also mine and process the deeper Orange Feldspathic Sand (OFS) resource underlying the RAS material at the East Mine (known as the EOFS Project). For the EOFS Project to proceed, Tronox must modify the approved residue disposal plan (this project): this entails construction of an additional RSF, a change to the approach to tailings backfill and upgrade of infrastructure at the Namakwa Sands Mine at Brand se Baai, West Coast District Municipality.

PROJECT LOCATION

Namakwa Sands Mine, Brand se Baai, West Coast District.

STATUS OF PROJECT

SRK released the Draft EIA Report to registered stakeholders for public comment for 30 days from 8 January 2021 to 8 February 2021. Following the public comment period the report was finalised and submitted to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) for decision making on 24 February 2021.

The Final EIA Report (including appendices) and updated design report has been made available here to registered stakeholders for information purposes. Changes relative to the documents released for public comment are not deemed material in relation to environmental impacts.

Reports

Documents
File Size
Date
 
548215_EOFS RSF FEIR Exec Summary
1490 KB
August 2021
548215_EOFS RSF FEIR Part1
7989 KB
August 2021
548215_EOFS RSF FEIR Part2
8266 KB
August 2021
548215_EOFS RSF FEIR Part3
3888 KB
August 2021
548215_EOFS RSF FEIR Part4
5054 KB
August 2021

Updated Design Reports

Documents
File Size
Date
 
548215 EOFS RSF Updated Design Report 20210604
4137 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF Updated Design Report 20210604 App B Site selection report
909 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF Updated Design Report 20210604 App C DWGS Laboratory Test results
2078 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF Updated Design Report 20210604 App F Slope Stability EIA Rev 2021-06 changes
3830 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF Updated Design Report 20210604 App H DWGS
1937 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF Updated Design Report 20210604 App I CQA RevEIA
1745 KB
August 2021

Appendices

Documents
File Size
Date
 
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App A CVs
5280 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App B HWC response
329 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App C1 OBS Design
1811 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App C2 RSF Design Report
25780 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App C3 Waste Class
1486 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App C4 CCA
1608 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D1 GW IA Part1
6077 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D1 GW IA Part2
4230 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D2 Hydrology IA
7760 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D3 Marine Ecol IA
6030 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D4 Aquatic Ecol IA Part1
7772 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D4 Aquatic Ecol IA Part2
3324 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D5 VIA
6704 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D6 NID
1688 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App D7 Specialist Declarations and CVs
2216 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App E Eskom
405 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F1 Initial notification Part1
8269 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F1 Initial notification Part2
5841 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F1 Initial notification Part3
8059 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F1 Initial notification Part4
2323 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F2 Auth meet notes
194 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F3 Database
189 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F4 Scoping Comments
2601 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F5 EIR Notification
1861 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F6 EIR Comments
1943 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App F7 Issues and Responses Summary
243 KB
August 2021
548215 EOFS RSF FEIR App G EMPr
8198 KB
August 2021