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ASPASA
Aspasa is an industry association that represents southern Africa ’ s quarrying and surface mining industry . Originally started by the country ’ s aggregate and sand producers in 1990 for self-regulating and representing the interests of their own industry , Aspasa has elevated the quarrying industry and attracts an increasing number of non-aggregate-and sand-producing companies .
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Aspasa office manager Mary-Ann Sutton .
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Nico Pienaar , director of surface mining industry body , Aspasa .
China International Aggregates Conference
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In December 2017 , Aspasa director Nico Pienaar attended the fourth China International Aggregate Conference in Xuzhou , Jiangsu Province , along with more than 700 delegates from China , the UK , Spain , Singapore , India and countries along the Belt and Road initiative . The themes of the conference were ‘ Green , Intelligent Manufacturing ,
Integration , Sharing ’ and attendees discussed the country ’ s national gravel industry green development plan .
Hu Youyi , chairman of the China Aggregates Association , spoke about Aggregates 4.0 , as well as the Chinese aggregates industry ’ s achievements in terms of green development . Also covered were modern ,
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1 & 2 : On 9 December 2017 the fourth China International Aggregates Conference was held in Xuzhou , Jiangsu Province .
eco-friendly aggregates companies , recycling of solid waste , rehabilitation of abandoned quarries and Chinese aggregates machine manufacturers , among others .
Pienaar delivered a presentation on surface mining in South Africa , sharing the experience and achievements of the industry in general , Aspasa and its members .
Satellite operations
Starting in 2018 , the annual Environmental Audit Aspasa carries out at its member operations will include satellite operations such as asphalt plants . This is because these operations have been identified as potentially affecting the mining operations under a variety of legislation , including : the
National Environmental Management Act ( NEMA ), the National Environmental Management : Air Quality Act ( NEM : AQA ), the National Water Act ( NWA ), the National Environmental Management : Waste Act ( NEM : WA ), and the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act ( MPRDA ).
The auditors have identified significant risks to Aspasa member operations hosting these satellite operations including : suspension or cancellation of a mining licence ( S47 and S93 of the MPRDA ); penalties in terms of possible clean-up costs ( S19 of the NWA ; S28 of NEMA ; various Sections of the NEM : WA and NEM : AQA and so on ); penalties for the ‘ land owner ; person in control of the land ; directly responsible ; indirectly responsible or negligent ’ as defined in both the NWA and NEMA where environmental pollution / degradation may have occurred on the mining land as a result of an unlicensed – or even a licensed – activity .
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