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At the current gold price more than half of the South African gold mining industry is marginal Location and geology The Witwatersrand gold-producing area in South Africa is underlain by an underground geological formation also known as the Witwatersrand Basin.
The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa's Illegal Gold Mines
When the country's mining industry collapsed, a criminal economy grew in its place, with thousands of men climbing into some of the deepest shafts in the world, searching for leftover gold.
Risky business: Anglo American's South African struggle
Production at South Africa's mines has suffered numerous setbacks, including strikes and a decline in the operating environment, causing a major headache for Anglo American, one of the world's biggest producers. Ozge Ibrahim assesses the risks faced by the company, one of the industry's biggest producers.
Introduction: Colonial South Africa, Mineral Revolutions and …
Chapter 5 investigates the industrial development of deep-level mining through the lens of the capital market, documenting how stock exchanges in Johannesburg, London and Paris supported the industrial transition and contributed to the globalisation of South African gold mining shares.
Gold Fields South Deep Gold Mine
South Deep Gold Mine is a world-class bulk mechanised mining operation located in the Witwatersrand Basin, near Westonaria 50km south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa's commercial capital. The mine has been built to extract one of the largest known gold deposits in the world and boasts a mineral reserve of 38 million ounces.
Gold Mining in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and …
South Africa's gold mines, once the apex of global gold production, now grapple with deep-seated challenges – aging infrastructure and depths that test the …
Harmful mining activities, environmental impacts and effects …
The also chapter considers the importance of healthy soil and land, the negative impacts of soil degradation and the relevant legal position in relation to such in the South African context.
Burden of Silicosis in the South African Mining Sector and its Effects
Major trends relevant to health projection were a decline in gold mining employment, the major source of silicosis; increasing recruitment of miners; and shifts in recruitment from foreign ...
History Grade 10
This was significantly due to the effects of the South African War. ... Moodie, T.D.: "Comprehending Class Compromise in the History of Class Struggle on the South African Gold Mines: Variations and Vicissitudes of Class Power," South African Review of Sociology, (41), (3), pp. 99-106.
Occupational respiratory diseases in the South African mining …
The high rates of silicosis are of major concern in the gold-mining industry largely because of the association of silicosis and tuberculosis ; South African gold miners have one of the highest incidence rates of pulmonary tuberculosis in the world .
Economic Impacts of Gold Production in South Africa
The causes of rising demand pull inflation in South Africa are examined with an eye on the international price of gold given the importance of gold mining in the country. Effects of the money supply, exchange rate, foreign income, and an index of political stability are included in
Hazards identified and the need for health risk assessment in the South
The South African government is committed to controlling the hazards of mining. However, there are a number of issues concerning management of the hazards and risks in South African mines. Health and safety in mines in South Africa is regulated by the Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996 and the Mine Health and Safety Act …
Technology key to the future of the mining sector in South …
One company that is pushing technology into South African mining is Sibanye-Stillwater. Since its founding in 2013, Sibanye-Stillwater has grown from being a South African gold mining company to an internationally competitive, globally diversified precious metals miner, producing gold and the full suite of platinum group metals (PGMs).
The impact of acid mine drainage in South Africa
The impact of acid mine dr ainage in South Afric a. Author: T erence S. McCarth y. 1. A lia on: 1. ... During more than a century of gold mining in South Africa large amounts of tailings were ...
The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold Mines
Thousands of abandoned gold mines are scattered across South Africa, polluting the water with toxics and filling the air with noxious dust. For the millions of …
How mine dumps in South Africa affect the health of …
In South Africa, mining of gold, coal and other natural resources has played a significant role in the country's economy, with both positive and negative consequences.
Living conditions of mine workers from eight mines in South …
This article examines the living conditions of mine workers in South Africa, based on a survey of eight mines. It explores the factors that affect their well-being and the challenges they face.
How does the mining sector impact the South African economy?
Mining has had a larger impact on shaping the South African economy than any other sector. It transformed a predominantly rural economy into an industrial one. It resulted in the development of Kimberley, Johannesburg, and other cities. It attracted massive amounts of foreign cash.
Mining industry in South Africa
The platinum sector has the highest number of employees in South Africa's mining industry, employing nearly twice the number of coal mining and gold mining employees. Additionally, South African ...
The impact of gold mining on the Witwatersrand on the …
The dewatering and rewatering of the karstic aquifer overlying and adjacent to the Witwatersrand Supergroup and the pollution caused by Acid Mine Drainage …
An Untapped Goldmine: Opportunities for South African …
Historically, the mining sector has contributed significantly to South Africa's economic growth and employment, supported by a rich natural endowment of mineral …
Health and environmental impacts of gold and …
Health and environmental impacts of platinum mining: Report from South Africa Eugene Cairncross, on behalf of PHM March 2014
The fight against illegal gold mining in South Africa faces …
Illegal gold mining has been on the rise for the past decade in South Africa. Worsening ore grades, rising costs (as shafts have been sunk ever deeper), bouts of labour and …
How does the mining sector impact the South African …
According to the authorities, South Africa has 35 large-scale gold mines functioning, and the nation holds 11% of the globe's gold reserves. South Africa also …
What is the contribution of the mining sector to Southern African …
The development of many Southern African countries is inextricably linked to the mining sector. For example, South Africa's Johannesburg-Pretoria metropolitan area, a regional economic and financial hub, developed because of the local gold supply in the late 1800s.
Roots of Apartheid: South Africa's Mining Industry
The development of South Africa's mining industry, and how it laid the foundations for Apartheid Although some mining had taken place in what is now South Africa centuries before Europeans arrived, 1 the modern mining industry emerged as the major shaper of South Africa's economy and race relations in the latter half of the 19 th century ...
South African mining employs many and may only have …
South Africa's overall mining profits slipped by more than $5 billion in the last financial year. A new report says the country's once-dominant gold production …
Hazards identified and the need for health risk assessment in the South
Learn about the chemical hazards and health risks in the South African mining industry from this comprehensive research paper.
Minerals and Migrants: How the Mining Industry Has …
I will turn to the more recent developments in the mining industry shortly, but the huge impact of gold on the develop ment of the South African economy is clear. During the first half of the 1980s, the South African gold mines were producing between one-half and two-thirds of world output and generat
The Gold Trade of Ancient & Medieval West Africa
West Africa was one of the world's greatest producers of gold in the Middle Ages. Trade in the metal went back to antiquity but when the camel caravans of the Sahara linked North Africa to the savannah interior, the trade really took off. A succession of great African empires rose off the back of the gold trade as salt, ivory, and slaves were just …