NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NO 1693 DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 19 AUGUST 2016 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 20) 1693. Ms T E Baker (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation: How many mining companies in Mpumalanga were issued with water rights licences (a) in the 2012-13 financial year and (b) since 1 April 2016, in each case indicating the (i) names, (ii) locations, (iii) products being mined at each of the specified companies, (iv) the volume of water approved and (v) source of abstraction of the water? NW1906E ---00O00--- REPLY: (1) A total of 20 mining companies were issued with water use licenses in the 2012-13 financial year. Names, locations, products being mined, volume of water approved and the source of abstraction appear in Table 1: Table 1: Details of mining companies issued with water use licenses, 2012-13, Mpumalanga Type of Property Volume Source of No Name Province product details of water Abstraction Portion 9, 24, and 10 of the farm Total Coal Weltervreden 1 North Coal 193 IS Mpumalanga 237 groundwater Xstrata - Platinum Thorncliffe 374 Flotation - KT, Grooteboom Thorncliffe and 373 KT and 85 775 2 Mototolo Platinum Mototolo mine Mpumalanga m3/a groundwater African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation: Vlakfontein Ptn 3 Vlakfontein 3 Mine Coal 569 JR Mpumalanga N/A N/A Mapochsgronde 500 JS; Ptn 0 341 4 Maphocs Mine Coal Zwartkop 142 JS Mpumalanga 676m3/a groundwater Universal Coal and Energy (Pty) Ltd - Kangala Coal Wolvenfontein 384 5 Mining Coal 244 IR ptn 1&2 Mpumalanga 060m3/a groundwater
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NO 1693 DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 19 AUGUST 2016 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 20) 1693. Ms T E Baker (DA) to ask the Minister of Water and Sanitation: How many mining companies in Mpumalanga were issued with water rights licences (a) in the 2012-13 financial year and (b) since 1 April 2016, in each case indicating the (i) names, (ii) locations, (iii) products being mined at each of the specified companies, (iv) the volume of water approved and (v) source of abstraction of the water? NW1906E ---00O00--- REPLY: (1) A total of 20 mining companies were issued with water use licenses in the 2012-13 financial year. Names, locations, products being mined, volume of water approved and the source of abstraction appear in Table 1: Table 1: Details of mining companies issued with water use licenses, 2012-13, Mpumalanga No Name Type of product Property details Province Volume of water Source of Abstraction 1 Total Coal North Coal Portion 9, 24, and 10 of the farm Weltervreden 193 IS Mpumalanga 237 groundwater 2 Xstrata - Platinum Flotation - Thorncliffe and Mototolo Platinum Thorncliffe 374 KT, Grooteboom 373 KT and Mototolo mine Mpumalanga 85 775 m3/a groundwater 3 African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation: Vlakfontein Mine Coal Ptn 3 Vlakfontein 569 JR Mpumalanga N/A N/A 4 Maphocs Mine Coal Mapochsgronde 500 JS; Ptn 0 Zwartkop 142 JS Mpumalanga 341 676m3/a groundwater 5 Universal Coal and Energy (Pty) Ltd - Kangala Coal Mining Coal Wolvenfontein 244 IR ptn 1&2 Mpumalanga 384 060m3/a groundwater
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