Title:

APP-001625: The renewal of the environmental clearance certificate for the Emulsion Manufacturing Plant at the Husab Mine

Publication Year:
2020
Abstract:

Renewal Application: Continue operating the emulsion manufacturing plant, which stores and then mixes relatively inert chemicals and oils to produce an emulsified product for use in blasting. Swakop Uranium’s emulsion manufacturing plant at the Husab Mine, which stores and then mixes relatively inert chemicals (ammonium nitrate and sodium nitrate) and oils (used diesel and machine oil) to produce an emulsified product for use in blasting. The product from the plant is a non-explosive yellowish paste. It was projected that during the initial three years of operation the Husab Mine will require 66 325 t of bulk explosives and 622 568 units of explosives accessories. At peak production the project will consume 52 262 t of bulk and 488 063 units of explosives accessories per annum. An Environmental Clearance Certificate was issued for the operations of the plant in March 2014 and was renewed in September 2017. Swakop Uranium continues to use the Emulsion Manufacturing Plant as originally described and assessed. No amendments to the plant or associated activities are planned.

Item Type:
Report
Language:
en
Last date for commenting on this EIA: Friday, 31 July 2020

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