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Northam Platinum Ltd's Corporate Sustainability Investment Programme

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Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: South Africa
Basins: Orange
Project SDGs:
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Water Quality (SDG 6.3)
Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4)
Sustainable Production (SDG 12.4)
Project Tags:
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Water Recycling and Reuse
Services Needed: No services needed/offered
Desired Partner: Business
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2017  »  Ongoing
Project Source: CDP
Profile Completion: 62%

Project Overview

Northam’s Corporate Sustainability Investment programme has driven an initiative to monitor the waste facilities, fountains, dams, pans, streams and rivers in the area. In Financial Year 2016, we continued the use of biodegradable tablets, known as ECO tablets, in the main pollution control dam to assist in maintaining water quality of the dam within the limits required by the Water Use Licence. Additionally, after the incident that occurred in Financial Year 2016 further pr…

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Northam’s Corporate Sustainability Investment programme has driven an initiative to monitor the waste facilities, fountains, dams, pans, streams and rivers in the area. In Financial Year 2016, we continued the use of biodegradable tablets, known as ECO tablets, in the main pollution control dam to assist in maintaining water quality of the dam within the limits required by the Water Use Licence. Additionally, after the incident that occurred in Financial Year 2016 further procedures have been put in place which include: improved supervision, enhanced monitoring with the installation of cameras; level probes with monitoring and control room alarms; installation of an overflow weir between compartments; Construction of an emergency soil bund around the initial bund to prevent spillage into the watercourse. The total cost associated with this was approximately R4 673 755.22

Project Results

Improved water quality and water quality monitoring.

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Northam is an independent, fully empowered, mid-tier, integrated PGM producer with two primary operating assets, the Zondereinde and Booysendal mines in the South African Bushveld Complex. Learn More


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