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On the east coast members of the Xolobeni community have been resisting mining on their land for more than 15 years In March 2024 they learnt that Transworld Energy Resources had filed an
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Skulduggery and dune mining Xolobeni Residents in the Xolobeni district in Pondoland find themselves the victims of the manipulative tactics of an Australian mining company on the hunt for titanium deposits the tunnel vision of the Department of Minerals and Energy as well as a couple of scheming ANC bigwigs ex of the Department of Trade and Industry intent on becoming the BEE beneficiaries of the proposed mining deal — without ever having consulted those to whom the land belongs
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Right now the spotlight is on a bitter dispute between local people in the Xolobeni region on the east coast of South Africa and an Autralian created mining company that wants to excavate a strip
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Most people familiar with the mining landscape are aware of the well publicised attempts to gain mineral rights to access the apparently lucrative wild coast heavy mineral sands known as Xolobeni that have repeatedly failed Not only is this resource located amidst a rich relatively pristine ecosystem but this is hosted within an equally rich and dynamic social fabric protective of its
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The intended mining will adversely affect the traditional way of life of the Xolobeni community some of whom have occupied the land for centuries and will irreparably damage the coastline This matter began on 2 September 2024 when the ACC made an application to appeal/review the decision in terms of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2024
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JOHANNESBURG The Department of Mineral Resources DMR has released the Holomisa Report which advises Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu on the Xolobeni mining right appeal The mining right was awarded to Transworld Energy and Minerals TEM in 2024 for the Kwanyana block of mineral sands on the Wild Coast
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Most people familiar with the mining landscape are aware of the well publicised attempts to gain mineral rights to access the apparently lucrative wild coast heavy mineral sands known as Xolobeni that have repeatedly failed
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By Sheila Berry Last Thursday morning 7th April from 11h00 to 14h00 while Xolobeni and Fuleni activists and their supporters were picketing outside the DMR offices in Bay House Durban the Minister of Mineral Resources Mr Mosebenzi Zwane was holding a Mining Imbizo at the obscure Ndumakuda Community Hall Ward 13 Umzumbe on the KZN South Coast
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1 Introduction Post apartheid mining governance reform in South Africa has rhetorically promoted the participation of communities impacted by mining operations yet research finds pervasive poverty and increasing inter communal violence in areas impacted by mines Mnwana 2024 Mnwana et al 2024 There has been a marked increase in conflicts between local communities state actors
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The Australian mining company seeking the right to mine in Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape has been lashed for its treatment of a community in the Western Cape where it has been accused of breaching its legal obligations
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Since 2024 members of the Xolobeni community on South Africa s Wild Coast have pushed back against the idea that the government can allow mining operations to occur in their area without them
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In parallel with Xolobeni since 2024 MC has been mining the Tormin heavy mineral sands in Western Cape million tonnes produced in 2024 as well as the Skaland graphite mine which boasts reserves of 397 000 tonnes in the Norwegian Arctic circle MC is also prospecting various graphite and gold projects in Western Australia
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Xolobeni activist defies death threats to protect her ancestral land Zanele and Nonhle background Mbuthuma during an anti mining march to Mnyameni Estuary in July 2024 Nonhle is one of the
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Many commentators have drawn links between the dispute over Tendele mining s operations and the planned Xolobeni Mineral Sands Project in Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
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In June 2024 anti mining leader Scorpion Dimane publicly rejected the Xolobeni Mineral Sands Project allegedly after a sponsored trip to see dune mining in action in Richard s Bay On January 1 2024 Dimane was dead of what his death certificate described as a middle ear infection Despite this innocent explanation his death sparked fear and suspicion among anti mining activists
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News Mining company s SLAPP suit against CER lawyers activist in court today 29 May 2024 at 8 23 am The Western Cape High Court will today hear a preliminary application in one of three defamation suits launched against lawyers and activists who have been critical of Australian miner Mineral Commodities Limited MRC s Tormin mining operation at Lutzville on the West Coast and its
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Mining Mining at Tormin is a free dig operation using conventional trucking and excavation utilising mobile excavators front end loaders and trucks Historically the Company has mined between and million tonnes of ore annually with ore trucked to a Primary Beach and Secondary Concentrator Plant located directly adjacent to the mining
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In the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa MRC subsidiary Transworld Energy and Mineral Resources SA Pty Ltd has applied for a mining right to mine titanium from the sand dunes of Xolobeni
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The report relates the impact of mining operations by Tormin had on small community of the Matzikama on the Cape west coast when the company breached the conditions of its mining licence Tormin
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In fact two major transactions the financing of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée CBG and the Tri K mining project that were ongoing when COVID 19 hit were finally closed in November 2024 and early 2024 These two projects involved respectively $800 million and $122m in financing
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Xolobeni Mineral Sands Project The Xolobeni Mineral Sands Project located on the Eastern Cape of South Africa is a world class mineral sands deposit with a Measured Indicated and Inferred Resource of 346Mt at 5% Total Heavy Mineral A Ministerial imposed moratorium which prevents any new or existing mining or prospecting applications being processed remains in effect at Xolobeni with its future development and divestment options under consideration
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Mqadi insists mining won t benefit the people of Xolobeni who have neither the education nor the skill to work in mining operations He says mining will destroy the environment and their way of life We live peacefully here We are happy and we don t need outsiders to tell us that we are poor and that we need mining to change our lives That is all propaganda We are not poor Not a single person here in Xolobeni goes to bed hungry Mqadi said
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Qunya is a director of MRC s other South African operator Tormin the controversy plagued dune mining operation on the West Coast The Amadiba Crisis Committee considers it significant that one of the suspects Dimane was a Xolobeni man employed at Tormin who had returned home to the Eastern Cape for the Christmas holidays Qunya denied organising bail for the suspects saying that he went
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MRC Resources is pursuing Xolobeni via a 56% share of Transworld Energy and Minerals Resources which plans to mine a 22km long and wide stretch of the Xolobeni coastline mainly
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The impact of mining operations on rural communities is a contentious issue in South Africa There is also concern about the manner in which communities are consulted about mining on their land There is often tension between pursuing the economic benefits of mining and protecting the socioeconomic and cultural rights of people Some communities rely on the land to sustain themselves through
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Mineral Commodities Ltd is a global exploration and mining company with a primary focus on the development of high grade mineral deposits within the industrial minerals base metals bulk commodities gold and precious metals resource sector The company has two Mineral Sands Projects in South Africa the Tormin Minerals Sands Operation and Xolobeni Mineral Sands Project as well as numerous
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Jun 12 2024 The only way in which mining could re emerge as the champion of economic growth is through the discovery of new mineral deposits such as those at Xolobeni Few deny that Xolobeni is poor
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the plaintiffs mining operations According to the plaintiffs the defendants made numerous spurious and defamatory statements implying that the mining operations are conducted in an unlawful and deceitful manner that has a devastating effect on the environment Summons was issued on 2 May 2024 and amended on 17 August 2024 The mining
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The Mzamba river gorge the northern boundary of the Xolobeni Mining tenement had been dressed up to look like an alluvial diamond mining operation in Kono Sierra Leone Hundreds of Amadiba coastal residents had worked as extras
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Xolobeni according to ACC activists was adopted as a term of reference by Australian mining company MRC to create the impression that the proposed project would only impact one village rather than the longer stretch of coastline that the company has set its sights on Over time Xolobeni has become interchangeable in the media and academic literature with Umgungundlovu This
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