Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has dismissed most of the appeals against last year's approval of vastly expanded beach mining operations on the West Coast north of the Olifants River.
In her 35-page decision released last week (26 March), Creecy agreed with just two concerns raised in one of the four appeals against government's approval of this highly controversial proposed expansion by an Australian-owned mining company.
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