Environmental activists challenge 30-year extension of West Coast diamond mining rights in court
West Coast fishers say they were ignored when the original mining rights were awarded between 1994 and 1998.
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West Coast fishers say they were ignored when the original mining rights were awarded between 1994 and 1998.
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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.