Final Report – A feasibility study on a regenerative integrated cropping & livestock business case model as a mine closure tool and post-closure land use for differently rehabilitated land capability classes
Feasibility study on a regenerative integrated cropping & livestock business case model as a mine closure tool and post-closure land use for differently rehabilitated land capability classes
PROJECT NUMBER: E2022-2
Prepared by Prof Wayne Truter and Dr Emmanuel Cele| Enterprises University of Pretoria| October 2025
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Description
Conducted under the Coaltech Research Organisation (2022–2025), the research evaluated differently aged, rehabilitated coal-mined lands (4–30 years post-rehabilitation) across threeMpumalanga mines, focusing on soil recovery, pasture performance, forage quality, and theeconomic feasibility of integrating livestock within rehabilitated systems. Complementaryfield trials tested integrated cropping, zero grazing and grazing pressure effects on soil,vegetation, and forage dynamics under controlled conditions.
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Detection of Old Workings
2008
Review of earlier geophysical work plus literature, setting out method selection and test site requirements ahead of field trials, for engineers assessing undermined ground before development.
What this report foundMicrogravity, resistivity based methods including self potential, and time domain electromagnetics are identified as able to detect and delineate shallow old...
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Microgravity, resistivity based methods including self potential, and time domain electromagnetics are identified as able to detect and delineate shallow old workings, with controlled source audio magnetotellurics useful below about 30 metres. How well each performs depends on target depth, the material filling the void and the overburden, and has never been quantified. Field trials were planned to close that gap.