Environmental Management Documents:

• Dust Management Plans
• Environmental Management Program reports
• Financial Provision documents
  • Annual Rehabilitation Plans
  • Closure Plans
  • Environmental Risk Reports
• Waste Management Plans
• Water Use documents
  • Integrated Water and Waste Management Plans (IWWMP)
  • Rehabilitation Strategy and Implementation Plans (RSIP)

Umhlaba personnel are well equipped to draft site specific / purpose built and practical reports and plans due to our extensive experience gained during auditing, and as a result of our years of experience assisting clients to implement various management programs / plans.

Using our experience, Environmental Management Documents become a management tool for our clients.

Environmental Audits:

• Environmental component of the SHEQ / EHS Audits
• Audits of Authorisations
  • Atmospheric Emission Licence
  • Environmental Authorisations (including EMPr)
  • Water Use Licence and GNR 704
  • Waste Licence

Auditing is a management tool used to set / guide / evaluate specific and measurable goals and objectives (not simply a legal requirement or tick-box exercise). 

To serve as an effective tool, we consider our client’s Environmental Objectives and / or Environmental Management System (EMS) and / or the conditions of Environmental Authorisations (EA). 

Environmental Training:

• Environmental Auditing
  • Conducting internal Audits for maximum benefit
  • Being Audit ready, not Audit prepared
  • Using the Audit process constructively
• Environmental Monitoring
  • Establishing networks
  • Interpreting and using data constructively
  • In-house training for mine personnel

Not all environmental management tasks need to be undertaken by environmental specialists.  However, those implementing environmental management actions need direction and guidance in order to gain the most benefit from the actions. 

With over twenty year of experience assisting clients with implementation of environmental management actions, we understand the practicalities of implementation and can provide guidance to personnel, through training.  Our training is tailored to the audience from; ranging from unskilled, through semi-skilled up to management personnel. 

Environmental Monitoring:

• Dust fallout
• PM10
• Passive sampling
• Water quality (surface and ground water)

Umhlaba designs, manages and operates environmental monitoring networks (in collaboration with specialists). Our networks are designed to: identify problem areas; evaluate effectiveness of management actions; comply with legal requirements; build / improve relationships with Interested and Affected Parties (I&AP) and authorities.

Specialist Services:

We have an established relationship with numerous specialists and can facilitate studies for the following:

• Air Quality
• Aquatic Biodiversity
• Blasting
• Environmental Engineering
• GIS and Mapping
• Heritage
• Hydrology / Hydrogeology
• Noise
• Socio-Economic

Other Services:

• Environmental Control Officers
• Environmental Due Diligence and Feasibility
• Environmental Sensitivity Mapping
• ASPASA About Face Environmental Audit Assistance
• I&AP representation
• Responding to Environmental Directives
• MPRDA applications for Mining Rights / Permits, Prospecting Rights, Renewal of Rights, S102 amendments, closure certificates