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State of Saldanha Bay & Langebaan Lagoon 2011
Activities & discharges
Figure 3.7.
Location of the maintenance dredging site between Caissons 3 and 4 on the ore terminal.
Transnet proposed a Phase 2 Expansion of the Iron ore quay (Figure 3.8) in order to increase
its export capacity from 45 million tonnes/annum to 90 million tonnes/annum. This would have
required extensive dredging of soft sediments, powder calcrete, limestone, calcernite/calcretes and
the removal of 90 000 m 3 granite by underwater blasting (PRDW, 2007a, b). The proposed
expansion also involved the development of two new berths on the southern side (Big Bay side) of
the iron ore quay and three new stockpile areas for ore.
Three alternatives were considered for the addition of the stockpile areas (PDNA and SRK
Consulting 2007), namely;
1. Southward expansion requiring reclamation of approximately 50 ha of the bay
2. Northward expansion of approximately 36 ha into the undeveloped dune area
3. Eastward expansion of approximately 55 ha into the reclamation dam
An environmental impact assessment was initiated for the project in 2008 based on the final
scoping report, but was cancelled prior to completion (N. Jansen – Port of Saldanha pers. comm.
2011).
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