Inegrated Environmntal Authorisation/Waste Management License, Section 102, Consolidation and Amendment of the EMPr and WUL application for Mogalakwena Complex (2023)

Mogalakwena Mine (MM) has been operational since 1992. MM, previously known as Potgietersrus Platinum Limited, is 100% owned by Anglo-American Platinum, Rustenburg Platinum Mines.
MM is an opencast mine complex consisting of five opencast pits and two concentrator plants. Associated with the concentrators are two existing Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF), situated in Mogalakwena Local Municipality, Limpopo Province.
While both underground and open-pit mining are widely accepted mining processes, there is a greater inclination to undertake underground mining when it becomes unfeasible to further extend the open pit operations. The proposed new mining method will result in the need for additional infrastructure and disposal space on site which requires approval from the regulatory authority before the commencement of such activities.
MM is undertaking an integrated environmental authorisation process for infrastructure and activities associated with specific projects, namely, Combination Mining: Open Pit and Underground, Anthropogenic Aquifer, Waste Rock Disposal Facility Expansion, Support infrastructure related to the Zero Emmissions haulage System, Permit to Innovate and Supporting Infrastructure.