Namibia: Rössing's Sulphur Facility Assessment Open for Comments

10 November 2009

The draft social and environmental impact assessment (SEIA), and the social and environmental management plan (SEMP) for Rössing Uranium's (Rio Tinto) proposed sulphur handling facility in the port of Walvis Bay was made available last Friday and the public are invited to make comments to this effect.

The proposal has stirred public reaction over the safety of handling and transport of sulphur on the environment, especially groundwater contamination and sulphur dust pollution.

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