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A major new step toward responsible and sustainable mining<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Eramet Grande C\u00f4te (EGC),<\/a> the Senegalese subsidiary of the Eramet group, officially handed back 1,000 hectares of fully rehabilitated land<\/strong> to the State of Senegal during the International Mining Exhibition (SIM) in Diamniadio in early November.<\/p>\n

This operation marks a further step in the progressive rehabilitation program led by EGC, already a pioneer in Senegal with an initial restitution of 85 hectares in 2022.<\/a> It illustrates the fulfillment of Eramet\u2019s commitments to responsible and sustainable mining.<\/p>\n

The Group is committed to gradually rehabilitating previously mined areas, returning them to a state as close as possible to their pre-mining condition\u2014or even in better condition. This goal is at the heart of our CSR roadmap, Act for Positive Mining<\/a>, which aims for a rehabilitation rate above 1\u2014that is, rehabilitating more land than is cleared for mining operations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Land<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Land handover ceremony for revegetated areas. From left to right: Ibrahima Gassama, Director General of Mines and Geology; Birame Souleye Diop, Minister of Energy, Petroleum and Mines; Colonel Babacar Dione, Director General of Water and Forests; and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Zanklan, Managing Director of Eramet Grande C\u00f4te.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

A national benchmark in environmental rehabilitation<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As the first mining company in the country to return rehabilitated land on a large scale, Eramet Grande C\u00f4te places progressive land rehabilitation at the core of its mining model.<\/p>\n

The areas handed over were mined between 2015 and 2018. The \u201cOasis of Senegal,\u201d<\/a> an emblematic tourist site developed on behalf of the State with a 2 billion FCFA investment, was also handed back during this operation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

An approach carried out in consultation with local communities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

EGC\u2019s rehabilitation work<\/a> is based on a participatory approach, involving local authorities, technical services of the State, and neighboring communities. Together, they define which plant species are replanted and how the sites will be used in the future.<\/p>\n

Each year, once mobile mining operations are completed, nearly 180 hectares are replanted <\/strong>with care to recreate natural landforms. The selected species\u2014casuarinas, cashew trees, eucalyptus\u2014help stabilize dunes, restore soil fertility, and foster new local activities such as agriculture, agroforestry, beekeeping, or biomass energy production.<\/p>\n

These efforts contribute to the environmental resilience of northern Senegal\u2019s coastline and have been praised by the authorities. The 2023 audit report by the Directorate of Mines cited EGC as a national benchmark for environmental best practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Learn more about our contribution to biodiversity<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,44],"tags":[352,329,152,328],"class_list":["post-55736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csr","category-group","tag-biodiversity","tag-environment","tag-eramet-grande-cote","tag-senegal-en","nature-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEramet Grande C\u00f4te returns 1,000 hectares of rehabilitated land to the State of Senegal - 25 November 2025 - News - Eramet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"EGC, the Senegalese subsidiary of the Eramet group, officially handed back 1,000 hectares of fully rehabilitated land during the SIM.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eramet.com\/en\/news\/egc-returns-1000-hectares-of-rehabilitated-land-to-the-state-of-senegal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eramet Grande C\u00f4te returns 1,000 hectares of rehabilitated land to the State of Senegal - 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