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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>South Africa\u2019s Limpopo province gave environmental authorization to a China-backed proposal to spend more than $10 billion building a 4,600 megawatt coal-fired power plant, a coking facility and ferroalloy and steel plants.The authorization, granted on Wednesday, backed the establishment of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone, in which a number of Chinese companies have pledged to invest, according to South Africa\u2019s Trade, Industry and Competition ministry.<\/p>\n

The project, which is not factored into the country\u2019s emissions targets, may still be opposed by the government at a national level and will draw opposition from activists concerned about its impact on thousands of Baobab trees, which take hundred of years to grow, water supplies and air pollution. The Chinese government has also said it won\u2019t invest in coal projects outside the country.<\/p>\n

The province acknowledged the potential impact on ancestral graves, cautioned against air pollution, saying measures would need to be taken to mitigate emissions and water will be imported from neighboring Zimbabwe. Still, in justifying the decision, it said the province is South Africa\u2019s poorest and has high unemployment.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. 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