Trans Hex faces challenge over West Coast diamond sites
Protect the West Coast has lodged an appeal against environmental approval awarded to the Christo Wiese-controlled mining company, citing inadequate science and rehabilitation obligations.
Diamond miner Trans Hex faces a fresh challenge over plans to mine areas off the West Coast after Protect the West Coast (PTWC) appealed an environmental approval granted by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR).
PTWC says the approval of the environmental management programme (EMPr) relies on outdated studies dating back more than 20 years, while omitting key requirements imposed on Trans Hex in an earlier 2002 EMPr.
