The sand industry, while subject to the Mining and Petroleum Resources Development Act, is still suffering from a lack of “control” or oversight, Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of South Africa (Aspasa) director Nico Pienaar told the CDE sand-washing conference on Wednesday. He noted a recent discussion with Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza in which he was alerted to an operation in Polokwane that was removing sand from a riverbed across from its actual permit area and jeopardising the structural soundness of a provincial bridge.
