Mogalakwena Complex

Assessment scope

The Mogalakwena Complex started operations in 1993 and employs more than 9,500 people as of 2023. Its 6,213 hectares include an open pit, concentrators, crusher, on site power generation, smelter, tailings storage, and waste rock disposal.

Included in the audit scope were mining operations:

• Five open pits (Sandsloot, Zwartfontein, Mogalakwena South, Mogalakwena North and Mogalakwena Central)
• Administration buildings

and processing operations:

• Two concentrators (Mogalakwena North Concentrator, Mogalakwena South Concentrator)
• Two tailings storage facilities (Blinkwater, Vaalkop [Vaalkop #1 and Vaalkop #2]) and associated infrastructure)
• Waste rock dumps
• Maintenance and fueling facilities, including a POCS area (surface mobile equipment and diesel filling station)
• Workshops
• Various waste management areas on site, including general waste landfill, waste salvage yards and waste collection points

The audit firm determined that the following IRMA Standard chapters were not relevant:

• Chapter 2.2—Free, Prior and Informed Consent
• Chapter 4.7—Cyanide Management
• Chapter 4.8—Mercury Management

Assessment scope

The surveillance audit will verify that the site operations continue to align with the performance previously recognized in the initial audit report. The audit team will verify that the mine’s systems and controls are still in place and are functioning effectively, that no major changes have occurred that negatively affect the mine’s performance, and that the site is progressing on its corrective action plan. The audit will also include confidential interviews with workers and engagement with community stakeholders. Following the completion of the surveillance audit, a report will be published on this page.