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West Coast mining operations in South Africa

epa09619064 A general view of rehabilitation netting in areas previously strip mined on the Cape West Coast, approximately 400 kilometers north of Cape Town, South Africa, 19 April 2021. South Africa's Cape West Coast is mineral rich and extensively mined. Mining operations have grown and along with it resistance to these operations. South African NPC Protect The West Coast staged a protest to expose the alleged transgressions of several environmental regulations by Mineral Commodities Limited an Australia-based mineral resources company. According to Protect The West Coast, further mining will have huge negative effects on the local population, the local ecosystem and the environment, including the damage to the fragile dune system which evolved over millions of years as a natural land-sea interface, destruction of marine life. loss of archaeological resources and fossils, air pollution from the mining activities, loss of sense of place, extremely important for local first-nation societies such as the Khoisan People and impacts on scarce water resources in the area. EPA/NIC BOTHMA *** Local Caption *** 56837955

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