Tendele Mining wins court battle to keep Somkhele open
Tendele Mining, which is 80% owned by diversified miner Petmin, has operated the Somkhele mine since 2007. With the coal mine's resources almost depleted, the company announced plans to extend the resource to keep its doors open.
Mounting pressure on families holding out against coal mine expansion
The Mthethwa and Mdletshe families live on land earmarked for the extension of the Somkhele coal mine, one of the country's largest open-cast coal mines, close to Africa's oldest proclaimed nature reserve, Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Park. ... Tendele Coal Mining, need to break new ground. Mining rights granted in 2016 – valid until October ...
Giant coal mine in South Africa leaves trail of evictions and …
Local communities in Somkhele, a rural mining area in the South African province of Kwa-Zulu Natal, located 467 kilometres away from the capital Johannesburg, are accusing Tendele Coal Mining (PTY), a subsidiary of South African company Petmin, of causing untold destruction of the environment and homes and livelihoods of the …
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Urgent interdict application against Tendele Coal Mining
- Gaddafi Zulu. ENVIRONMENTAL groups against the operating of Somkhele coal mine near Mtubatuba have brought an urgent application to interdict the resumption of mining operations. The Pietermaritzburg High Court is expected to on 4 April hear the application, which was last week brought by the Mfolozi Community Environmen ...
Interdict threat over new Tendele coal mine in …
Expansion: Reserves at Tendele Coal Mine near Somkhele village and Mutabatuba will run out by June and now it wants to open a new mine, arguing that the court ruling did not prevent this.
Tendele heading back to court over Somkhele after fresh …
TENDELE Mining is heading back to court after fresh legal objection to the reopening of the controversial Somkhele coal mine near Mtubatuba in KwaZulu-Natal was being sought. The coal producer said in a statement today the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation ( MCEJO) had applied for an order to stop Tendele …
Judge blocks expansion of Tendele Coal's Somkhele mine …
Pretoria High Court Acting Judge Noluntu Bam has set aside a licence to Tendele Coal Mining to extend its Somkhele mine in KwaZulu-Natal. The judge ordered the Minister of Mineral Affairs and ...
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Judge blocks mine expansion
Pretoria High Court judge Noluntu Bam has set aside a licence to Tendele Coal Mining to extend its Somkhele mine in KwaZulu-Natal. The judge ordered the Minister of Mineral Affairs and Energy to ...
Global Environmental Trust and Others v Tendele Coal Mining …
Although mining operations commenced in the Somkhele area in the mid-1880's Tendele commenced mining operations at the Somkhele mine in 2006. The mineral mined at Somkhele is anthracite – a hard, compact variety of coal which has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities and the highest energy density of all types …
Global Environmental Trust and Others v Tendele Coal Mining …
[101] The appellants seek an order interdicting the first respondent (Tendele), from conducting mining operations at its Somkhele mine. They contend that Tendele is mining without the necessary statutory authorisations and approvals. The interdict sought is far reaching. If granted, it would have the effect of closing Tendele's operations.
A Community Torn Apart by Coal Mining Taught Me …
When I was approached by the Somkhele community for assistance in opposing nearby open-cast mining, many organisations, people, and government departments had looked the other way. Tendele Coal Mine began its operations in 2007 with disregard for the environment and the rights of thousands of people.
Somkhele Anthracite Mine – Centre for Environmental Rights
Home / Programmes / Mining / Litigation / Somkhele Anthracite Mine. Somkhele Anthracite Mine CER as Amicus Curiae in re: Global Environmental Trust, Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation and Mr Sabelo Dladla v Tendele Coal Mining, Ingonyama Trust and others. In October 2018 judgment was handed down in a …
Court green lights restart of mining at Tendele anthracite coal mine …
The high court in Pietermaritzburg has given Petmin's Tendele Mining the green light to commence with mine expansion activities at its Somkhele anthracite coal mine in rural KwaZulu-Natal. In a judgment handed down last week, the court dismissed an application brought by a community environmental justice group to interdict the mining …
La mina de carbón de Somkhele propiedad de Tendele, …
Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd from South Africa - legal owners of the Somkhele mine Petmin Group from South Africa - Tendele is a subsidary of Petmin Group: Actores gubernamentales relevantes: Municipio del distrito de Umkhanyakude. Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Sudáfrica. Departamento de Asuntos del Agua. MPUKUNYONI …
Somkhele coal mine owned by Tendele, KwaZulu-Natal, …
Ej Atlas. Somkhele coal mine owned by Tendele, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Last update: . Tendele's coal mine leaves local communities without water. It was denounced by the South African Human Rights Commission, WoMin, The Women's Water Assembly, for its human rights and environmental violations. Murder of …
Tendele Coal Mine prepares to resume operations
The Somkhele-based Tendele Coal Mine has begun in earnest to prepare for the resumption of its operations. On Monday, in the eMalahleni area, the relocation of graves was done, with a member of ...
Tendele ordered to halt mining at Somkhele ahead of June 9 …
TENDELE Coal has been ordered to halt mining at the Somkhele coal mine in KwaZulu-Natal province pending the outcome of renewed court hearings due to …
Tendele Coal legal row mired in mutual exclusivity between mining …
TENDELE Coal Company says its Somkhele anthracite mine in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province has operated for nearly 14 years without hiccough.Now, however, the company is embroiled in a complex legal and ethical dispute which has been given public vent following the murder on October 22 of Fikile Ntshangase, an …
Tendele Coal Mining | Zululand Observer
Tendele Coal has been in operation at it's Somkhele Operation since 2007. During the inception of the Mine it was envisaged that the Mine would operate 1 plant and employ 150 people.
Somkhele Coal Mine
Mine Details. Operator: Tendele Coal Mining Pty Ltd; Owner: Petmin Pty Ltd; Location: 85km north of Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Coordinates: …
1,500 jobs at risk if Somkhele mine not allowed to proceed …
PETMIN said 1,500 employees would lose their jobs unless South African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe approved a mining licence and environmental management permit (EMPr) for the firm's Somkhele anthracite mine operated by subsidiary, Tendele Coal. The mine's permits are in question following objections by …
Media Release: High Court application against …
The mining right permits a vast western and northern expansion of Tendele's existing open-cast coal mining operations at Somkhele mine, which, being carried out or proposed to be carried out …
Court Approves Restart of Mining Operations at Tendele Anthracite Coal Mine
The mine, which employed approximately 1,200 people, primarily produced anthracite coal, a higher quality product used in the ferrochrome and ferromanganese industries, as opposed to thermal or power station coal. The proposed expansion of the Somkhele mine has been a source of contention in the community, gaining prominence …
South African activist killed as contentious coal mine seeks …
Earlier this year, Du Preez told Mongabay that Tendele has exhausted coal deposits at its existing site at Somkhele, and unless it was able to start moving into new areas by June, the company ...
Summary of Court papers
Our court hearing against Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd and Others is set down for 24 August 2018. Here is a very brief summary of the papers: Our Founding Papers request the Court to grant an interdict preventing Tendele Coal Mining (Pty) Ltd from operating their coal mine at Somkhele until the applicable legislation is complied with.
Environmentalists lose bid to close Somkhele coal mine
The court said the applicants had not produced the evidence to support their claims. Environmentalists have lost their bid in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to close down Somkhele coal mine in Mtubatuba, near the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal. The matter was taken on appeal by the Global Environmental Trust (GET), after it …
Tendele coal company denies 'bullyboy' claims
12 Apr 2023 0. Arguing that it may be forced to close down, Tendele Coal Mining has denied that traditional leaders were intimidating the local community in an effort to bulldoze an easy mining ...