Environmental assessment for Leonardville project fails

Source: The Namibian · 2026-11-05T15:00:00.000Z · Climate

The environmental impact assessment for the Leonardville uranium mining project is insufficient and needs to be redone, the environment ministry has confirmed to The Namibian. “The environmental commissioner disapproved Headspring’s current environmental clearance certificate (ECC) application for the test in-situ leach project because of the gaps identified and additional technical information required,” environment ministry spokesperson Vilho Hangula told The Namibian on Tuesday. Headspring Investments is the Namibian subsidiary of Russian energy company Rosatom that has applied for permission to mine for uranium using the in-situ leach method. The project has been highly controversial because it involves dissolving uranium using chemicals,

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