Mine spillage pollutes Kruger Park river

[miningmx.com] – HIGHLY acidic water from a dam filled with waste rock owned by Bosveld Phosphate flowed into the Selati river which runs through the Kruger National Park, said Bloomberg News citing South African National Parks.

The pollution resulted in a massive fish kill, said the news agency which added that users of visitor camps in the Kruger Park which use water from the Olifants river, which is fed by the Selati river, were asked to use backup borehole water instead.

“It was very serious in the beginning but with intervention we have stopped the spillage and are monitoring the water quality on a daily basis,’ said Nigel Adams, a compliance director at the Department of Water Affairs. “We’re meeting with the mine tomorrow to assess its plan to rectify the situation,’ he said.

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