Kropz mining company says there will be "irreversible environmental damage" done to groundwater if it is forced by legal action to stop pumping water from the Elandsfontein aquifer on the West Coast.
Kropz, which is developing a phosphate mine on land adjacent to the West Coast National Park, which includes the sensitive Langebaan Lagoon, was reacting to an urgent interdict application filed in the Western Cape High Court by an environmental group.
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