New sewage treatment plants planned

Following the successful commissioning of a sewage treatment plant for coal mining company Canyon Coal’s Khanye colliery, in Gauteng, in early 2019, plans are under way to build similar plants at the company’s planned De Wittekrans and Palmietkuilen collieries. In a statement issued by the company last month, Canyon Coal executive chairperson Vuslat Bayoglu said that R1.6-billion would be invested in De Wittekrans, near Hendrina, Mpumalanga, which will be an opencast and underground mine with an estimated life-of-mine (LoM) of about 24 years, based on run-of-mine production of about 200 000 t a month. It is expected to create about 430 jobs.