KZN eco-town under threat from Fairbreeze mining
According to Fin24, the tourism industry in a coastal town in KwaZulu-Natal is under threat after a mining licence was awarded to an international company. Local company Exxaro had entered into a joint venture with Australian company New Tronox to develop the Fairbreeze mine, worth R2.4bn, for heavy metals such as titanium and zircon. About 2 800ha of forestry and farming land outside Mtunzini - who depends on eco-tourism for much of its revenue - would be affected by the mine.
Barbara Chedzey, who chairs a committee representing the residents, said Mtunzini residents intended appealing against the provincial department of environmental affairs' decision to grant a mining licence. Chedzey said she was not surprised by the decision, "given the political pressure for jobs," Fin24 reports.
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