OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF MINING ON THE ... - IIED pubs

3.20.1.5 Water management systems
The area falls under the jurisdiction of the Mozambican Ministerio De Aguas.
3.20.1.6 Human impacts on water resources (excluding mining)
The following could be expected to have an impact on water resources:
• Minor disposal of solid and liquid wastes at urban centres; and
• Non-point sources of domestic effluent in the urban and rural areas;
3.20.2 Mining and mineral processing operations
This sub-catchment hosts three small mining operations, one of which was abandoned during the civil war
(Table 3.20; Figure 3.4).
Table 3.20: Mining operations in the Mazowe (Mozambique) sub-catchment.
Code
Number
Name of Mine
Commodity
(ies) Mined
cxliv
Status
Relative
Size
M-11 Mazowe Fluorspar Abandoned Very small Very low
M-12 Luenha – A Kyanite Operating Very small Very low
M-13 Guro Kyanite Operating Very small Very low
M-15 Guro – South Kyanite Abandoned Small Very low
M-17 Luenha – Iron Iron Prospecting Small Very low
M-18 Luanha – B Iron Prospecting Small Very low
M-19 Luanha – C Kyanite Operating Very small Very low
3.20.3 Alluvial mining
Probable
Impact
No evidence available, though it is highly likely that artisan miners work the reaches of the Mazowe River for
alluvial gold.