The Ministry of Environment and Tourism has given Rössing Uranium Mine an environmental clearance for a US$112 million expansion project first announced in December 2005. Rössing said in a statement that the clearance paves way for the company to begin constructing a sulphuric acid manufacturing plant with associated sulphur storage on the mine, and the transport of sulphur from the Port of Walvis Bay, a radiometric ore sorter plant and mining of a new an ore body.

The expansion project is expected to extend the lifespan of the mine to 2016.
The remaining projects at the mine currently undergoing feasibility studies that will be assessed during 2008 include the life-of-mine expansion plans to 2026, a proposed heap leach facility, the mining of a second large open pit in the existing mining license area and its associated tailings, and rock waste disposal facilities.
The main issues, which were raised during the consultation process, conducted included workplace health and safety concerns; air and water pollution; blasting noise and vibration; housing implications; services such as schools, medical care and water availability; social impacts from newcomers seeking work; possible human and environmental threats from transporting, storing and processing sulphur and sulphuric acid in and between Walvis Bay and the mine site; biodiversity implications, particularly in the new mining area as well as regional implications of bulk water and energy supply.