1538 Kusasalethu Pipelines Project

Harmony Mining Company Ltd, hereafter referred to as the applicant, has appointed Environmental Impact Management Services (Pty) Ltd (EIMS) as the Environmental Assessment Practitioner (EAP) to assist with undertaking the required Water Use Licence Application (WULA) processes (including the statutory public participation), and to compile and submit the required documentation in support of an application for:
• Water Use Licence (WUL) in accordance with the National Water Act – NWA (Act 36 of 1998):
o Listed Water uses: Section 21 (c), Section 21 (i) and Section 21 (g) .
The applicant is planning to construct the following:
• Two (2) new backfill pipelines (1 x duty and 1 x standby). The estimated daily volume of backfill that will be pumped to Kusasalethu Plant will be ± 1 100 tons. The backfill pipelines will have an inside diameter (ID) of 200 mm and flow rate of between 36 l/s and 40 l/s.
• One (1) new return water The return water pipeline will also have an ID of 200 mm and flow rate of between 15 l/s and 20 l/s and daily volume of water pumped to SGP is estimated at 186 000 litres.
The estimated distance of the three pipelines is 7 750 metres (7.75km), and all will be steel and flanged pipes installed on prefabricated concrete plinths above ground.
• The proposed pipelines will be installed within existing pipeline corridors and road reserves as well as historically impacted areas.
The project area is located approximately 3km from Carletonville within the Merafong City Local Municipality, West Rand District, Gauteng Province.