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1 Background and Introduction
Mogalakwena Platinum Mine (MPM) is wholly owned and managed by Rustenburg Platinum Mines
Limited (RPM), who is in turn fully owned by Anglo American Platinum Limited. Mogalakwena,
meaning “brave crocodile” commenced operation in 1992.
MPM proposes to expand their existing ore crushing facilities at the North Concentrator. The
proposed expansion will increase the designed production capacity of the North Concentrator from
600 kilo tonnes per month (ktpm) of platinum ore, to 750 ktpm.
The proposed expansion project (i.e. the Mogalakwena North Concentrator (MNC) De-Bottlenecking
Project), requires an environmental authorisation application for an Environmental Management
Programme (EMP) Amendment in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act
(MPRDA) (No 28 of 2002).
MPM appointed SRK Consulting as the independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner to
undertake the environmental authorisation process for the EMP Amendment process. This
application must be submitted to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) for authorisation.
Commenting authorities for this project include the Limpopo Department of Economic Development,
Environment and Tourism (LDEDET), the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) and the Waterberg
District and Mogalakwena Local Municipalities.
This document represents the Stakeholder Engagement Report of the Impact Assessment Phase for
the MNC De-Bottlenecking Project and outlines the stakeholder engagement process undertaken to
date, as part of the EMP Amendment.
2 Approach to stakeholder engagement
Stakeholder Engagement is the involvement of all parties who potentially have an interest in a
development or project, or may be directly or indirectly affected by the proposed development. It is a
process leading to a joint effort by stakeholders, technical specialists, the authorities and the
proponent/developer who work together to produce better decisions than if they had acted
independently.
The stakeholder engagement process for the EMP Amendment is discussed below and the key
steps of the process are presented in Figure 1. The approach followed is focused on:
Obtaining most issues, including those from stakeholders early on in the process, with the latter
half of the process designed to provide environmental and technical evaluation of these issues;
Personal contact with directly affected Interested and Affected Parties (I&APs), taking into
account cultural and language sensitivity;
Using the languages of choice of I&APs in meetings, and providing selected documents as per
the requirements of the MPRDA;
Raising a diversity of perspectives and opinions rather that forcing consensus among I&APs. This
approach also minimises project risks by building trust with I&APs;
Building capacity of I&APs to participate; and
Clarifying I&APs’ roles and responsibilities at the start of the process, sanctioned by the
authorities, in terms of where and when decision will be made and by whom.
ROTL/DEEL MNC De-Bottlenecking Project: Stakeholder Engagement Report November 2012