SA committed to working with Unesco on Mapungubwe

South Africa remained committed to working with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco’s) World Heritage Committee in ensuring effective implementation of the convention of the Mapungubwe Kingdom, the...

CoAL to consider Unesco report on Vele

ASX-, Aim- and JSE-listed Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) said on Wednesday that it would, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), consider the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco)...

Company Announcement: Restoration of historic school ignites pride and improved learning

R1.5 million investment part of broader provincial development plan

QRC-led delegation to meet with Unesco over Great Barrier Reef

The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) on Thursday said that it would emphasise the importance of the Great Barrier Reef’s world heritage site status to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) monitoring...

CoAL and NGO coalition bury the hatchet

Emerging coal miner Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) and the Save Mapungubwe Coalition, which has hitherto been challenging the Vele opencast mine development, in Limpopo, on Thursday agreed to work together. The parties signed a memorandum of...

NGO coalition to lodge Vele environmental appeal

A nonprofit environmental coalition, which includes the Endangered Wildlife Trust, said on Thursday that it would lodge its appeal against the environmental authorisation of the controversial Vele coal project before the deadline on Monday. The...

University of Pretoria outfit joins enviro campaigners’ bid to stop mining at CoAL’s planned Vele colliery

South Africa’s Centre for Child Law (CCL), which is run by the University of Pretoria, has now joined nongovernmental organisations and the Save Mapungubwe Coalition Group (SMCG) in seeking an interdict to stop planned mining and to protect the...

CoAL expects first production at Vele by next quarter

Coal mining and development company Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) said on Wednesday that it expected first production at its Vele coking coal project in South Africa's Limpopo province by the next quarter, followed by the first sales shortly...

Vele-linked coal-fired power station project placed on hold

The developer of the proposed Mulilo coal-fired power station, which is associated with the development of the controversial Vele coal mine on a property near the Mapungubwe world heritage site in the Limpopo province, has placed the project "on...

SA Minister concerned over mining near Mapungubwe

South Africa's Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica has voiced concern over the awarding of an "unconditional" new order mining right to emerging coal mining company Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) for the Vele project near...

DME grants prospecting rights to White Rivers Explorations

The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) has, in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, granted the application for prospecting rights around the Vredefort Dome, a world heritage site, to White Rivers Explorations (WRE).

Joburg's landmark Top Star drive-in gives way to mining

The landmark Top Star drive-in, which is located on an old mine dump next to Simmonds South Way, in Johannesburg, will soon be just a memory.