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Diamond mining giant Trans Hex has been prohibited from mining along selected areas near the Olifants River estuary and is now required to update its decades-old management plan, following an out-of-court settlement agreement reached with Protect the West Coast. Diamond mining giant Trans Hex h...
Five months after an urgent application was filed with the Western Cape High Court, one of South Africa’s biggest diamond-mining companies has responded. Trans Hex is holding its ground, arguing that its mining rights based on renewed environmental authorisations are legal.
Moonstone Diamond Marketing has left Doringbaai, but activists who are taking the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) and the diamond-mining company to court say they expect the miners to pop up further along the coast soon.
An environmental nonprofit has lodged a high court application to stop the firm, Moonstone, from mining near the fishing community of Doringbaai.
West Coast fishers respond to TotalEnergies' plans to drill for oil and gas.