20 Feb 2020 The bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde also directed state authorities to take steps to stop illegal mining.
5 Nov 2020 Surge in illegal sand mining Image courtesy of ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Southampton University, who said: “South East Asia's COVID-19
14 Jun 2018 Informal processing of sand from a depleted mine dump off the N3 South Mineral Council South Africa reports that 70% of illegal miners
27 Jan 2015 Uncontrolled and often illegal sand mining activities are destroying some of South Africa's most valuable natural resources at an
South Africa should be simplified to a level that will enable these miners to understand. The activities of illegal sand mining along the Nzhelele River needs to be
doubt, many illegal sand miners in South Africa that are extracting sand from the environment without the legal authorisation to do so and, thus, the mass of sand
22 Oct 2017 Illegal sand mining threatens environmental loss Tourism and Environmental Affairs (DEDTEA) and the South African Police Services.
Sand mining is a practice that is becoming an environmental issue in India. Environmentalists have raised public awareness of illegal sand mining in the states
In South Africa, the ever-increasing interest in sand mining and dumping of sand in Pereira, K., 2012, 'Illegal sand mining: The unexamined threat to water
27 Sep 2020 Walter Sisulu University, South Africa. 2Risk and Vulnerability difficult given that sand mining habitually operates illegally. Therefore, one.
4 Jun 2020 According to a North Coast builder, Umvoti River sand is considered among the best sands in South Africa for building purposes and is as good
The Aggregate and Sand Producers Associationof Southern Africa. Fifth Respondent Occurrences of illegal mining across South Africa. Figure 3: The scope of
10 Aug 2020 They run and sell shipments of illegally mined sand using an is in Uganda's neighbouring countries of DRC, South Sudan and Rwanda.
(2010) exposed illegal sand mining going on in India, mostly done on rivers. gravel in South Africa were given as firstly, finding a mining loion and removal
If illegal mining is ongoing, "The department does not prosecute anyone. The department institutes criminal proceedings through the South African Police
Research shows that KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape are home to more than 200 illegal sand mining operations. Umvoti River sand is as good as gold in the
4 Jul 2019 In South Africa, the ever-increasing interest in sand mining and dumping of Firstly, it is a major watercourse in Limpopo Province of South Africa that 2012, 'Illegal sand mining: The unexamined threat to water security in
7 May 2020 Sand is the most mined substance in the world, with a significant amount of illegal mining activity from “sand mafias”. Image credit: Wikimedia
24 Jul 2019 A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde issued notices to the Centre, the Central Bureau of Investigation, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh,
7 May 2019 In India, a 2017 Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation revealed that workers were drowning while illegally mining sand in some parts of
20 Feb 2019 In a study titled The Regulation of Sand Mining in South Africa (Stewart Christopher Green, University of Cape Town) sand mining is described
An evaluation of the cumulative impact of sand mining in a given environment should inform the decision to mine sand. Permits should be granted with due
30 Apr 2015 As you read these words, illegal miners are rapidly carrying away the sand dunes at over 200 sites along the previously unspoilt Wild Coast.
5 Feb 2019 By far the largest mining endeavor globally is digging up sand, mainly for the It was illegal, but park officials shrugged their shoulders. of an environmental and community activist in South Africa's Eastern Cape, who was
19 Jul 2019 An added concern is the negative impact sand mining has on water quality, especially in a dry and drought-prone country like South Africa.
12 Dec 2015 Umvoti River sand is as good as gold in the construction industry. Its stellar components have placed it among the best sand in South Africa for
10 Aug 2020 They run and sell shipments of illegally mined sand from the country of the Congo, South Sudan and Rwanda, a sand transporter told ENACT
3 Aug 2020 She said illegal sand mining in South Asia is particularly serious because China, and other loions across Asia, Africa and South America.
1 Nov 2014 "Natural sand from estuary and coastal land is one of South Africa's most valuable resources. However, there has recently been a drastic
3 Jul 2018 Summary of illegal sand mining activities on 12 rivers in India .. . Department of Mineral Resources, South Africa. EECCA.