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APPENDIX F
MINUTES AND COMMENTS RECEIVED

MEETING – Lüderitz Town Council
DATE
Town Council Boardroom, 9h30 – 10h30 22 August 2012
PRESENTATION TEAM
Daan van Staden Project Manager, Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (RPZC)
Christo Aspeling, Mine Manager, RPZC
Fourie Boje, Plant Manager, RPZC
Bertie Strauss, Plant Operator, RPZC
Fred Krenz, Krenz Consulting Engineering
Alexandra Speiser, Director, ASEC
Auriol Ashby, ASEC
Attendance register is attached below.
None
APOLOGIES
Minutes/presentation/notes
Auriol Ashby welcomed everybody to the meeting and the team introduced themselves. Daan van
Staden described RPZC’s plans regarding the transport, storage and loading of zinc and lead
concentrate. Auriol presented the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
Q N. de Wee What is the arrangement to transport the concentrate through town?
A D. van Staden We will load the trucks from 7 – 10am at the mine. The increase in traffic in Lüderitz
will occur between 12am – 3pm, when the trucks arrive. No night driving will
happen.
Q N. de Wee Did you consider the impact on the roads in town?
A D. van Staden Yes, we did, the heavy truck traffic will probably double.
C F. Krenz One should consider the possibility to use the sulphur trucks to transport the Zn and
Pb concentrate from Rosh Pinah to Lüderitz. Current the trucks return empty to
Lüderitz.
C N. de Wee The LTC should monitor the impacts on the roads.
Q D. van Staden Is there deterioration of the roads?
A I. N. Tjipura Maintenance of the B4 is the responsible of RCC, but in Lüderitz town the town is
paying for the maintenance of the roads. 15 – 22 32t trucks is quite an increase and
we need to see what will happen to the roads.
A F. Boje We are talking to Namport and we may construct a weighbridge at the harbour. At
present we have a weighbridge at the mine and just north of the Skorpion gate.
Q I. N. Tjipura Did you look at the option to use the railway to Lüderitz?
A D. van Staden Yes, we did and we will consider this option once the railway line is up and running,
but the timeline for completion is uncertain. In a meeting with TransNamib the
future railway line from Aus to Lüderitz was presented to the mine.

Q N. de Wee The conveyor belt is enclosed, but the hatch is open. Did you consider the impact
of wind?
A D. van Staden This picture gives the wrong impression, the ship hatches will be closed and the
retractable shoot will discharge the concentrate at the bottom of the compartment.
A F. Boje Zn and Pb concentrate is very heavy, so the load won’t reach the top of the
compartments. It probably will only fill the ship to a third.
Q G. Joseph What will you do against the noise impact?
A A. Ashby The shed will be enclosed, so noise will be minimal.
A D. van Staden The trucks driving through town will increase the noise level, but it will be during the
day. The other noise source is from the front end loaders in the shed, which is
enclosed.
A B. Strauss The trucks will drive at low speed through town.
Q N. de Wee Regarding road accidents – what emergency plans will be in place. Will you have
an emergency team in town to clean up any spillages?
A D. van Staden This will be part of the tender requirements for the truck contractor.
A F. Boje All spills will be cleaned up. We will train the team in the shed to clean up any spills.
Q E. Langer Did you consider the damage to buildings from heavy trucks driving through town?
Once the railway line is finished, all bulk commodities should be transport by rail.
We need to make sure that this is enforced.
A F. Krenz Once the railway line is finished we will consider this. Where will the railway line
enter the harbour?
A I. N. Tjipura Along the current line and it will need to be raised about a metre and the road too.
Q N. de Wee What will you do to minimise the dust from the dirt road on which the heavy trucks
drive through town.
C I. N. Tjipura This section through town should be interlocked to minimise dust generation. LTC
needs to talk to Skorpion and RPZC and suggest a joint venture. The stretch is only
600 – 700m long.
Q N. de Wee I suggest that a baseline survey of the current road situation is undertaken to later
see the impact of the increase in heavy truck traffic.
C S. Ndjaleka LTC should identify the route the trucks should use through the town.
I took note regarding the job creation, this will bring further business into the town, it
is very positive and we welcome the project.
Q H. Hamukuaja What are the products used for?
A D. van Staden The Zn and Pb concentrate will be shipped to refineries overseas to produce zinc and
lead which are used for example for zinc sheeting and lead in batteries.
Q I. N. Tjipura Why don’t we add value to the product in Namibia, e.g. build our own smelter?

A C. Aspeling We currently use around 400MW electricity in Namibia, of which 110MW is used by
Skorpion Zinc. This is a small smelter, but already uses nearly 1/3 of Namibia’s
electricity requirement. Two aspects rule against constructing a smelter in Namibia:
1. The high electricity consumption
2. When Black Mountain in RSA was built, it utilised 200,00t of concentrate, but
now they need to put up to 500,000t through the smelter to make it profitable.
Smelters in RSA had to close down as they couldn’t compete economically. To make
a smelter economically viable in Namibia the concentrate of 7 – 8 mines like Rosh
Pinah (650,000t/yr) need to feed the smelter. We don’t have that ore, and to import
concentrate would be far too expensive.
Q S. Ndjaleka We like to suggest that the service providers are sourced from Lüderitz.
A D. van Staden We will consider this in the tenders.
Q S. Ndjaleka Manica, who operates the Skorpion shed is based in Walvis Bay, hence there are not
many benefits for Lüderitz.
A F. Boje It is high on our agenda to keep business in the Karas Region. For example, we will
source FEL drivers from this area. In all tenders Karas Region-based companies get
higher rating.
C I. N. Tjipura Please make sure that Namport provides the new plans to the LTC.
Items Summary of Issues to take forward to the EIA or for further action Action By
1. Road deterioration – assess current status and monitor. ASEC
2. Source service providers from Karas Region for all project phases – if available
and meet standards of RPZC as stipulated in tenders
RPZC
3. Identify route for trucks to use. LTC
4. Ensure emergency plans are in place for accidents and spillage. ASEC / RPZC
5. LTC requests that Namport provides the new plans to the LTC. Namport
We would value any further comments before the 17 th September, which we will then
incorporate into the final report. Contact: Ms Auriol Ashby, Email: aaplm@mweb.com.na.
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
Name Organisation Email
Nicolaas De Wee Lüderitz Town Council nico@ltc.com.na
I.M Tjipure LTC ntjipura@yahoo.com
Suzan Ndjaleka Mayor – Lüderitz Town Council may@ltc.com.na
Hafenii Hamukafa CLLR Hafenii10@gmail.com
Hilaria Mukapuli CLLR ndiiwana@yahoo.com
Eric Langere LTC CEO langere@ltc.com.na

Gabriel Joseph Lüderitz Town Council Gabriel.mosez@gmail.com

MEETING – Namport
Namport Boardroom, 10h45 – 11h40
PRESENTATION TEAM
Daan van Staden Project Manager, Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation
Christo Aspeling, Mine Manager, RPZC
Fourie Boje, Plant Manager, RPZC
Bertie Strauss, Plant Operator, RPZC
Fred Krenz, Krenz Consulting Engineering
Alexandra Speiser, Director, ASEC
Auriol Ashby, ASEC
Attendance register is attached below.
None
APOLOGIES
Minutes/presentation/notes
Auriol Ashby welcomed everybody to the meeting and the team introduced themselves. Daan van
Staden described RPZC’s plans regarding the transport, storage and loading of zinc and lead
concentrate. Auriol presented the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
Q J. Isaaks Will you have any spillage procedures in place? Will you inspect the conveyor belt
regularly?
A D. van Staden Yes certainly. Every time before we load, we will do a dry run with the unit.
A F. Boje We run kilometres of conveyor belts at the mine all the time so we are very familiar
with them.
Q J. Isaaks Will there be any storage outside?
A D. van Staden No, nothing. Only the mobile ship loader.
Q F. Hedimbi Will you have any spillage protection method on the quayside, like a tarpaulin?
A D. van Staden We don’t think this is necessary. If the conveyor belt trips, the material will be in a
casing.
Q F. Hedimbi Do you expect to handle any poisonous material? If we have a spillage, could there
be any contamination to fish being loaded?
A F. Boje If it falls on fish, it just needs to be washed off – it is like sand, it is not metal. It is 5-
8% moist so it is not dusty.
Q J. Oranje When is it likely that the project will begin and what is is the duration?
A D. van Staden We hope to start operating from the harbour in June 2013. The current life of mine
will run to 2025.

Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
Q R. Cloete What are your electricity and water requirements?
A F. Krenz Water requirements will be minimal – only for ablution, office tea etc.
We cannot tell you the electricity needs yet. It will depend on the time of day – night
loading will require more. The mobile loader will require 3 phase. I don’t think the
conveyor belt will use more than 30KW but we will get back to you with the specs.
C L. Kufuna You must have a procedure in place to close the end of the hopper to prevent
residue from dropping out when the hopper is moved.
A D. van Staden Good point. Yes we will.
Q F. Hedimbi Will the conveyor obstruct anything in the harbour?
A M. Kooper Only the crane. We can drive underneath the mobile arm as it can go up and down.
The boats will start high and empty. The arm will be about 8m high and it probably
won’t be below 6m.
A F. Boje You can pass around the building. If there is an emergency, we could always stop
loading and move the arm.
Q A. Ashby Will the trucks be dedicated trucks?
A D. van Staden It will depend on the contractor.
Q J. Isaaks What are your emergency procedures?
Q J. Oranje How do you ensure in your tender documents that the contractor should recruit
locals?
A F. Krenz We can say preference will be given to Namibians. Many contractors will prefer
people who have had experience of working in Lüderitz before.
C J. Oranje I suggest that you collaborate with Namport when you need to recruit. We have
trained some local people.
C F. Boje There are more economic benefits beyond the jobs we create directly. More people
will come into the area.
Q R. Kennedy How do you control the weight of the trucks?
A D. van Staden We have a weighbridge at the mine. RA also have a weighbridge at Rosh Pinah.
For control purposes, we may also have one at the port.
C F. Krenz The legal limit is 4t per axle so 32t trucks are the most likely to be used.
C L. Kufuna We are grateful that this project is happening. It will be a gain for us and it is in the
National Interest.
Q F. Krenz Which road access can we use? Can we come in at the back, past the Namport
head office?
A M. Kooper Skorpion wanted to do that too. We may have to change the alignment of the gate
but we can look at that this afternoon during the site visit.
Q F. Krenz Can you confirm that the water and sewerage lines run along the quay?

Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
A R. Cloete Yes and the two electrical sub-stations are nearby too. Please keep us informed on
your electricity requirements.
C D. van Staden We expect you to say that we cannot load today as the weather conditions are too
bad.
C A. Ashby Ms Ashby thanked Namport for their useful input and the meeting was closed.
Items Summary of Issues to take forward to the EIA or for further action Action By
1. RPZC to notify Namport of electricity requirements RPZC
2. Spillage and emergency procedures ASEC /
RPZC
3. RPZC to collaborate with Namport when recruiting for storage personnel – if
meeting requirements
RPZC
4. Agree on access route in the harbour Namport /
RPZC
We would value any further comments before the 17 th September, which we will then
incorporate into the final report.
Contact: Ms Auriol Ashby, Email: aaplm@mweb.com.na.
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
Name Organization / Position Telephone
Johannes Isaaks Namport Johannes@Namport.com.na
Lukas Kufuna Namport Port Captain l.kufuna@Namport.com.na
Jacob Orange NPA j.orange@Namport.com.na
Max M. Kooper Acting PM Max.kooper@Namport.com.na
Josephat Muynanbele Namport josephat@Namport.com.na
Richard Kennedy Namport r.kennedy@Namport.com.na
Reinard Cloete Namport reinard@Namport.com.na
Fillipus Hedimbi Namport Carglud@Namport.com.na

MEETING with Namport users, Namport, RPZC and ASEC
DATE
Zum Sperrgebiet, 12h00 – 13h00 22 August 2012
PRESENTATION TEAM
Daan van Staden Project Manager, Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation
Christo Aspeling, Mine Manager, RPZC
Fourie Boje, Plant Manager, RPZC
Bertie Strauss, Plant Operator, RPZC
Fred Krenz, Krenz Consulting Engineering
Alexandra Speiser, Director, ASEC
Auriol Ashby, ASEC
Attendance register is attached below
None
APOLOGIES
Minutes/presentation/notes
Auriol Ashby welcomed everybody to the meeting and the team introduced themselves. Daan van Staden
described RPZC’s plans regarding the transport, storage and loading of zinc and lead concentrate. Auriol
presented the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
Q J. Gillham How will the floor of the storage shed be constructed?
A F. Krenz The whole storage shed will be lined with plastic sheeting to ensure that no
moisture enters the shed and no seepage enters the ground. A concrete floor and
interlocks will be placed on top.
Q J. Calaҫa The loading of the ship will negatively impact on the off-loading of fishing vessels.
When the concentrate is loaded we won’t be able to drive under the conveyor belt.
A D. van Staden The loading will only occur once a month for approximately 48 hours.
C J. Calaҫa We already have a huge problem to enter the harbour – this is our home port –
where we off-load the fish and do maintenance on the ships. We need to be sure
that the loading of the concentrate will not hamper the mooring of fishing vessels. I
do understand that this project is important to Namport and Lüderitz. What is
Namport going to do about it?
A L. Kufuna Thank you. We note your concern; it is a valid point. Namport needs to plan
carefully all the ship movements to ensure that all users have access.
Q F. de Villers During the tuna season, 4 to 5 ships moor next to each other as space is limited.
What will happen when Skorpion is off-loading, Zinc or Lead is loaded and a
container ship arrives; will they all have preference to the fishing vessels?
A L. Kufuna The loading or off-loading will only take 48 hours.
Q F. de Villers Skorpion Zinc and container ships already operate in the harbour at the same time
and we do experience problems re mooring.

Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
A M. Kooper Container ships are off-loaded within 2-3 hours.
Q F. de Villers The fishing vessels rely on the harbour.
A L. Kufuna We need to plan not to have big vessels in the harbour at one time.
C M. Kooper We are looking at expanding the harbour to increase the capacity for bulk export.
The mines in the south of Namibia want to use the harbour. We will ensure that
fishing vessels are accommodated.
C J. Calaҫa RPZC is coming now to invest in the harbour, but the new harbour will only be
finished in the next 5 years, if then. Some of the fishing vessels get shuffled around,
sometimes 3 and 4 times in the harbour.
You will compensate us, if any fish gets contaminated? We off load fresh fish on ice
and we have strict time limits.
C M. Mackenzie Containers, zinc vessels and other big users will get priority entering the harbour.
What happens with other big users - gas? Where will this leave us?
Q S. Pye How well sealed is the conveyor? Is there any potential for spillages during
loading? Our concern is that the zinc and lead concentrate will get into the water.
A D. van Staden The conveyor will be enclosed. We are planning there will be no exit points.
C J. Calaҫa I saw spillage happening in WB, concentrate did fall into the harbour. Again, who
will be responsible to compensate me, if contamination of fish occurs? Will Namport
pay me or RPZC?
The layout of WB harbour is different; the bulk terminal is quite a distance away
from the fishing vessel quay area. Here, it is only metres away. Fish will get
contaminated.
Q M. Mackenzie The easiest solution is to move the storage shed further North?
A L. Kufuna/ M.
Kooper
We don’t have space to move the storage shed further North, as this area is
dedicated for container storage.
C L. de Villiers A few years ago we had a very good tuna season. Fish is kept on ice for a limited
time. How will you accommodate all the ships during the tuna season?
Q J. Calaҫa Vehicles should not be allowed to drive beneath the conveyor belt. It is a safety
issue. When the sulphur is off-loaded the area is closed off for other traffic.
A F. Boje If properly planned, can these issues be solved? We too have tight deadlines. Who
carries the cost of a zinc vessel sitting outside? We should focus on the management
at Namport and the extension of the harbour.
Q J. Calaҫa Zinc vessels and passenger vessels get priority treatment, and fishing vessels have to
wait outside the harbour.
A M. Kooper Passenger vessels will always have the highest priority.
C M. Mackenzie We welcome the project for Lüderitz, but need the commitment from Namport that
fishing vessels will be accommodated.

Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
C/Q J. Gillham Namport needs to look at the depth of the quay. At the northern end, it is 8.75m than
gets shallower. Vessels need to be turned around, facing the open sea, before
loading otherwise they are too heavy to turn in the harbour. We haven’t had dredging
for some years.
A L. Kufuna We looked at the berth depth and hence the restriction when we allocated the area of
the RPZC storage shed.
Q I. Wingate Can the conveyor arm travel the full length of the ship or do you have to move the
ship another 60m to get to the end tanks? This could take up 200m of quayside.
A D. van Staden The ship will have to be moved only once during the loading time. We can give the
conveyor and ship specs to see how much they have to move.
Q ?? What are the consequences of lead in water?
A A. Speiser Lead concentrate is not soluble in water.
Items Summary of Issues to take forward to the EIA or for further action.
1. Management of the port to accommodate the needs of all port users, especially the fishing
industry with strict time limits – dredging, minimising users moving berths, minimising the potential
for contamination.
2. The potential for spillages during loading of ships.
3. Compensation if contamination of fish occurs.
4. Safety regulations concerning driving around/under the conveyor belt during 48hrs of loading.
5. Design of conveyor belt to minimise ship movement during loading, to maximise quayside
available for other users.
We would value any further comments before the 17 th September, which we will then incorporate into
the final report.
Contact: Ms Auriol Ashby, Email: aaplm@mweb.com.na.

ATTENDANCE REGISTER
Name Company / Position Email
Johannes Isaaks Namport johannes@Namport.com.na
Lukas Kufuna Namport / Port Captain l.kufuna@Namport.com.na
Max M. Kooper Acting PM max.kooper@Namport.com.na
Josephat Muynanbele Namport josephat@Namport.com.na
Richard Kennedy Namport r.kennedy@Namport.com.na
Sheilah Pye Lüderitz Mariculture spye@aquaharvest.co.za
Cheryl Korff Bay View Hotel bayview@iway.na
Jose Calaҫa Blomeha Fishing Blomeha@iway.na
Patrick Tongo Customs Patrick.tongo@gov.mof.na
Scriver Mulanda Customs Scriyer.mulanda@gov.mof.na
Ian Wingate Marine Surveyor LMS.WINGATE@gmail.com
Hannes Schmidt TransNamib SM Hannes.Schmidt@TransNamib.co
m.na
Leonie Schmidt Manica trainee Leonie.Schmidt@lbsf.com.na
Ferdie de Villiers Novaship Manager ferdied@pescanova.co.za
Michael Mackenzie Novaman michaelm@novanam.com
John Gillham Manica John.Gillham@Manica.com.na
Louise de Villiers Maersk ludopsgen@maersk.com
Ockert Theron Pinnacle Logistics ockie@plsnamibia.com
Jano van Wyk Marco Fishing fleet@marcofishing.com.na

MEETING with the Public
DATE
Zum Sperrgebiet, 17h30 – 19h15 22 August 2012
PRESENTATION TEAM
Daan van Staden Project Manager, Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation
Christo Aspeling, Mine Manager, RPZC
Fourie Boje, Plant Manager, RPZC
Bertie Strauss, Plant Operator, RPZC
Fred Krenz, Krenz Consulting Engineering
Alexandra Speiser, Director, ASEC
Auriol Ashby, ASEC
Attendance register is attached below.
I.S. Shilongo, Natis Lüderitz, Roads Authority
APOLOGIES
Minutes/presentation/notes
Auriol Ashby welcomed everybody to the meeting and the team introduced themselves. Daan van Staden
described RPZC’s plans regarding the transport, storage and loading of zinc and lead concentrate. Auriol
Ashby presented the findings of the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
Q K. Grobler I’m concerned about the number of trucks through the town. Even if you interlock
the gravel road section through town, the number of trucks will have an impact.
There are the Skorpion trucks, the petroleum trucks (approx. 20) and yours. The
liquid gas project has also been approved. There is no alternative route through the
town to enter the harbour. It is especially bad at the circle before entering Namport.
Why don’t you use the railway line?
A D. van Staden We don’t know when the railway line will be finished.
C K. Grobler If there is enough pressure on TransNamib, the railway will happen.
C N. Alexander Regarding the impact of trucks driving through town, we need clarification of the
route. LTC needs to develop a management plan how to handle the traffic. What
happens if there is a backlog of trucks?
Q J. Kemper You say that trucks will drive only during the day. What if trucks will be stuck in
Lüderitz overnight? Where will you accommodate the trucks and drivers overnight
in Lüderitz? At the moment they just park in town. They need to have a designated
area with toilets, etc out of town.
C I. Wiesel You say there will be no night driving, but at the moment the Skorpion trucks do
drive at night.
C E. Looser The drivers don’t adhere to daytime driving. We spoke to Skorpion but they say it is
the contractor’s responsibility (TransNamib). I am afraid it will destroy what little
tourism we have. I have a guest house on the route.

Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
Q N. Alexander You talk about the visual impact of the shed obscuring the view from the Ministry of
Fisheries (the old hospital). This is an historical building and it plays a part of the
scenery looking over the harbour. What will be the height of the storage shed and
what material will you use? The use of colour is important. We want it to blend into
the surroundings
A F. Krenz The building will 11 – 12 m high, we designed a curved roof to help blend in the
building. We can discuss the colour scheme.
Q E. Looser Will you use the railway line when it is finished, as you will have to transfer in Aus?
A D. van Staden We will consider that option once it is running.
A F. Boje The railway line is cheaper than road transport.
C F. Krenz There will be impacts regarding the railway line through town. Infrastructure is in
the way to enter the harbour.
C K. Grobler The railway line went into the harbour before.
C F. Krenz The servitude is old and very narrow. We can’t move houses to accommodate the
access to the harbour.
C K. Grobler However the number of trucks (Skorpion, gas, RPZC) will negatively impact on the
town.
C A. Ashby I think the railway will go ahead; they are working on it now; the completion date is
the unknown.
C F. Krenz To build the railway line into the harbour will cost a lot of money.
C K. Grobler The earthwork has been done; a new contractor has been awarded and is putting
the sleepers in. The industry need to put pressure onto TransNamib to finish the
railway line.
C E. Looser It is not a pleasure having trucks in town. At least 2 to 3 trucks are parked in town.
It is causing havoc.
Q E. Maletzky The samples have a very strong odour. From what does it come?
A D. van Staden Mostly sulphide. The odour does not affect health. Ingestion is the problem. We
have been working at the mine for 40 years and we have had no exposure issues. If
I inhale it all day long it could be an issue but our staff wear the right personnel
protective equipment – PPE, it is fine.
Q I. Wiesel Is the smell strong?
Q K. Grobler When the shed doors are open, the smell will come out. People live close to the
storage shed and work at the Ministry of Fisheries. How will the smell affect these
people?
A F. Krenz The shed is enclosed and the main wind direction is from the SW, away from any
housing. The front end loaders will have air-conditioning.
Q K. Grobler How will you manage the dust? Will you be monitoring lead in the air?

Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
A F. Krenz The concentrates have 6 – 8% moisture content. Normally it leaves the mine with
7.5% moisture and after 6 months storage at WB the moisture content is 6.5%. The
concentrate is stored in the open in WB; in Lüderitz it will be in an enclosed shed, so
less moisture should evaporate.
C K. Grobler Skorpion said in their EIA that no dust will be created. However we see the dust
blowing over the sea when they off load the sulphur.
C F. Boje There is no dust when we load it at the mine. They load sulphur from the ship into
shallow trucks. We load the concentrate into deep ships and won’t fill it to the top due
to the density of the concentrate.
C F. Krenz The density of sulphur lies around 1.6, but zinc is 2.4 and lead is very heavy at 2.8. It
falls downwards immediately.
Q J. P. Roux Who will operate the ship loader?
A D. van Staden The ship loader operation will be outsourced to a contractor.
C J. P. Roux Skorpion mentioned as well that no dust will be created. When we approached them,
they said it is the responsibility of the contractor.
It is important that continuous monitoring programmes are in place.
C I. Wiesel I want to come back to the truck issue. The trucks will be driving from Rosh Pinah to
Lüderitz and back. We need to make sure that there are parking facilities provided.
Trucks should not park in town.
Even during the day, you also need to take the potential impact on wildlife, e.g.
springbok, oryx, ostriches into account. Please equip the trucks with whistle devices.
C ? The operation of TransNamib is a disaster now. Accidents are already quite high with
20 – 25 road-kills. 22 additional trucks from Rosh Pinah will be a disaster.
C I. Wiesel We saw that truck drivers loaded the dead animal onto their truck and took it to Aus.
They probably eat it.
C ? We can identify hot spots regarding wildlife movement. We know that there is one
around Garub with the wild horses.
C I. Wiesel Please add to the Management Plan to report hyena, report accidents; you should
have awareness training for truck drivers warning them of the hot spots.
C J.P. Roux The speed of the trucks should be monitored, especially on the downhill slopes.
Some of them drive up to 140km/h.
C J. Matinhure I often drive between Rosh Pinah and Lüderitz. The remains of truck tyres on the road
are a safety issue for public traffic; no-one is picking them up.
Also some trucks drive bumper to bumper and one can’t overtake them. They should
be a good distance between them.
C K. Grobler All this could be avoided if the railway line would be used.

Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
C J. Matinhure The current truck route through town goes past a new school, after the filling station.
The safety of children needs to be addressed, especially during lunchtime.
C I. Wiesel There are still no traffic signs at the junction from the B4 onto the gravel road, where
four roads cross.
A I.N Tjipura We will look into that issue.
C M. Isaaks I’m at that primary school. We will email you our comments.
? Once you have incorporated all comments will you email it back to IAPs?
A A. Ashby Yes we will.
Q J. Kemper When you wash the trucks, will it be done in the shed too? How will the water be
treated?
A D. van Staden We will broom the tyres; no water will be used.
A F. Krenz There will be plastic sheeting under the whole shed and it is designed to collect any
runoff.
Q N. Alexander We need a designated road for the trucks.
A I.N Tjipura We do have one; the gravel road is a bypass around most of the town.
C N. Alexander I thought trucks use this road to avoid the speed bumps.
C I.N Tjipura I agree that it has become an issue in town. No trucks must do business in town.
Maybe we need a truck port which could include a fuel station, rest area, food, etc.
C E. Looser It is logistically impossible to get all 22 trucks back to Rosh Pinah in daylight.
TransNamib is not here. The tender needs to include that the subcontractor will lose
its contract if they don’t adhere to the aspects stipulated in the tender.
C K. Grobler We need to look at the cumulative impacts. The circle in town is very vulnerable; 2 –
4 trucks go pass there per hour. There is no way to broaden the road.
Q I. Wiesel That’s why building the railway line is important.
A ? It will take a while before the railway line is built.
Q J. P. Roux How long will the off loading of the trucks take?
Q D. van Staden About 10 to 15 minutes.
A F. Boje We need to think this through 100%. We load between 6 and 10am and there are
about 15 trucks on the road, 20 minutes apart. It takes about 4 hours to drive
between RPZC and Lüderitz. Now they can do two trips per day between Rosh Pinah
and Aus.
Q J. Matinhure The socio-economic section of the report, p 34-35, could go into more detail – e.g.
discuss the financial value of the project and the positive and negative impacts in
further depth.

Q/A/C Name
Questions / Answers / Comments
A D. van Staden Every person coming in to town is contributing to its economy – they eat, sleep etc.
There will be at least 5 new permanent jobs but also new temporary jobs.
C J. Kemper Balanced against this is the context of Eric losing visitors to his guesthouse.
Q K. Grobler You mention fire precautions in the executive summary. The shed will have the
highest concentration. We only have a volunteer fire brigade in this town.
A A. Speiser It will not burn; the risk of fire is very slim.
C ? The port currently handles about 4500 tons of bulk per month. What volumes will you
bring?
A D. van Staden At present, we currently send 5 trains of 12 trucks per week to Walvis Bay. One
wagon carries 4 tons of concentrate. A tipper truck takes 32t.
C A. Ashby With no further issues raised, Ms Ashby thanked everyone for coming, closed the
meeting and invited them to some refreshments.
We would value any further comments before the 17 th September, which we will then incorporate into
the final report.
Contact: Ms Auriol Ashby, Email: aaplm@mweb.com.na.
Items Summary of Issues to take forward to the EIA or for further action Action By
1 Assess cumulative impact of increasing numbers of heavy trucks in Luderitz –
Skorpion, RPZC and liquid gas.
ASEC
2 Need to design a detailed plan / schedule for the transport of concentrate to
access real impact. Plan to include:
Spacing of trucks on the road to allow other users to pass safely;
Truck speeds
Timing of trucks passing through the town – avoiding lunchtime school
traffic & pedestrians;
Parking of trucks in town blocking local users;
Overnight arrangements.
The plan, its monitoring, and sanctions against transgressions must be part of
the tender and contract for road haulage.
RPZC
3 To include into the haulage tender documents:
Awareness training of truck drivers to wildlife hotspots and procedures to
report & deal with accidents with wildlife.
Clean up of burst tyres.
ASEC
4 Commitment to re-evaluate rail option once it is operational. RPZC
5 Please equip the trucks with whistle devices.
6 Need for a detailed management plan for heavy trucks in Luderitz:
Designated route
Parking restrictions
Serviced, designated overnight area;
Clear road signs
7 Design the shed to minimise blocking the view and overall visual impact of
the old hospital (now Ministry of Fisheries building) from the town centre.
LTC
RPZC
8 Continuous monitoring of escaped concentrate ASEC
9 Give greater detail of the financial impact RPZC /
ASEC

ATTENDANCE REGISTER
Name Organization / Position Email
A. Krenz AK BAU DESIGN Anja.flkrenz.com
Cecily Hanse Karas Regional Council cecilyh1@yahoo.com
Joel Matinhure Ministry of Health and Social
Services
Joemat8@yahoo.co.uk
Nicky Alexander Architect Jalexander@iway.na
M. Isaaks Education heleneps@iway.na
A. Moua Ministry of Education moua.alex@gmail.com
H. van der Westhuizen Manica WBS morgons@iafrica.com.na
Jessica Kemper African Penguin Conservation
Project
jkemperol@gmail.com
E. Maletzky Ministry of Fisheries ESMALETZKY@gmail.co
m
S. Shindi T& B Trading Enterprise cc thandi@LTC.com.na
L Byh Welder
J.J Van Wyk Maintenance worker
K. Grobler Ministry of Fisheries cgrobler@mfmr.gov.na
Erich Looser Atlantech Proprietor atlantec@mweb.com.na
Angelo Isaaks South Point Ship Agents Angelo.isaaks@iway.na
I.N Tjipura Lüderitz Town Council ntjipure@yahoo.com
Ingrid Wiesel Brown Hyena Research Project strandwolf@iway.na
Roux J.P MFMR JPROUXNAMIBIA@GMA
IL.COM
Paulus Ashili MFMR pashili@mfmr.gov.na