Pressing ahead with environmental compliance
The environmental impact of quarrying activities and opencast mining operations at large cannot be underestimated. However, Zama Sithole, founder of KwaZulu-Natal-headquartered consultancy company, ZN Geo Services, is encouraged by the industry’s newly found focus on environmental compliance. In a one-on-one with Quarrying Africa, she hails the industry for putting the environment at the core of its activities, writes Munesu Shoko.