Harmony was removing and re-using polluted water from a mining shaft it
did not operate, own or control, according to the report. It notes she
said the SCA's finding that Harmony's interpretation of the law would
result in a situation where 'a polluter could walk away from pollution
caused by it with impunity' ignored another mechanism for dealing with
the effects of pollution: that the Mining Minister would remedy the
pollution and recover the costs from past landholders.
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