Since then, the mining industry has become hugely important to the country, contributing roughly 202 billion South African Rand (roughly 10.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023 to South...

The mining industry is an important part of the South African economy. As of 2022, the industry contributed 493.8 billion South African rand to the country's GDP and employed a total of 475,561 ...

mine a small area of land (not more than 1.5 hectares) for a specifiedperiod of up to 2 years. Mining Right:A mining right gives a company or an individual permission to mine for a specified period of up to 30 years. What is important to know is that these differentmining activities can only be

An estimated 10% of South Africa's gold production comes from small-scale and artisanal mining (ASM), which is explicitly banned as current regulations outlaw any activities that take place without a permit, including both invasive and merely informal mining. Due to its illegal status, ASM is a much as 90 times more dangerous than larger ...

Diamond mining is one of the leading industries in South Africa. The Cullinan Mine is one of the most famous diamond mines in the world and South Africa's third richest diamond mine. The underground …

Salt from the Sahara desert was one of the major trade goods of ancient West Africa where very little naturally occurring deposits of the mineral could be found. Transported via camel caravans and by boat along such rivers as the Niger and Senegal, salt found its way to trading centres like Koumbi Saleh, Niani, and Timbuktu, where it …

An example of the negative impacts of mining is the poignant case of the Twickenham mine owned by Amplats (Anglo American Platinum) in South Africa. The mine was placed on care and maintenance in July 2016 after years of operation (Ackerman et al., 2018). The general consensus is that life was better before the mine opened and …

South Africa has 6100 abandoned mines of which 2322 of them are classified as high-risk mines found in areas of historic asbestos, gold, coal, and copper mining in the country ( AGSA, 2022 ). Members of the public (especially those of the host communities) are exposed to the physical hazards and risks of abandoned mines in …

This study investigates the effects of coal mining on environmental sustainability in South Africa in relation to the moderating role of institutions. To achieve the study's objectives, the fully modified least square (FMOLS), dynamic least squares (DOLS), canonical cointegrating regression (CCR), Bayer-Hanck cointegration and Toda …

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The South African mining sector has been experiencing challenges due to fluctuations in global resource markets, high operational costs, wage strikes, and falling sector productivity, and these factors have led to a drop in mining contribution to the GDP from 21% in 1980 (Statistics South Africa, 2017) to approximately 8.1% in 2019 (Mineral ...

Dale, South African Mineral and Petroleum Law, par 92.2.1. Anglo Operations Ltd v Sandhurst Estates (Pty) Ltd 2007 (2) SA 363 (SCA) at par 16. Section 3 of the MPRDA. Franklin and Kaplan, The Mining and Mineral Laws of South Africa, 79. For example, a right to prospect under the Minerals Act provided that: If the owner of land not …

perception of South Africa as mining investment destination. In 2022, the mining industry: • The direct contribution to GDP grew by 4% to R494 billion (2021: …

Carolina is among hundreds of communities in South Africa that are threatened by unmaintained coal mines. HRW reported that of roughly 6,000 abandoned coal mines in South Africa, at least 2,322 are classified as "high risk" to the public. But only 27 of these have been cleaned since 2009, South Africa's auditor general reported in …

Some of these damages in sub-Saharan Africa include abandoned pits and shafts in artisanal mining areas in West Africa, dumps from previous mining activities in South Africa, pollution of ground ...

The first diamonds were uncovered at the site of the Big Hole in 1871. Until the mine's closure in 1914, up to 50,000 miners excavated the deepest hole ever dug by hand, extending 215 metres underground. While the mine would yield 2,720kg of diamonds and help establish the De Beers mining company, which remains a major industry player …

Most of the mine closures in South Africa over the past two to three decades have been in the gold mining industry. Employment in the industry dropped from 550 000 in 1985 to 110 000 in 2018 ( Sesele, 2020 ). Mine closure has had severe implications for gold mining towns like Merafong City, our case study city.

1 Minerals to Metals Initiative, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; 2 Future Water Institute, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; There is a significant role for the mining and minerals industry to play in achieving …

The mining industry continues to make an important contribution to the lives of employees, communities and the country through its contribution to the fiscus, taxes …

mandate as the voice of the mining industry in South Africa. They also allow us to accurately represent the wider impact of mining on the country and help all South …

It also produces a substantial amount of iron and manganese ores. Mining contributes 11% of gross capital creation but also 16% of total direct foreign investment in …

As is evidenced by the daily news agenda, the mining industry in South Africa has many complexities which means that communicating in this environment can be very challenging.. Bizmod MD, Anne-Marie Pretorius says that long-standing legacy issues as well as a broad amalgam of stakeholders in South Africa makes it even more …

The mineral wealth of African states is one of the reasons as to why colonization escalated in the nineteenth and twentieth century. The diamond rush in Southern Africa for instance, was the basis for the prolongation of European rule in Africa . In 1869 an 83.5-carat rough diamond was discovered by a Griqua herdsman in …

Reports from all mines showed a decrease of 4.2% in the total number of occupational diseases reported by mines, from 2,013 cases in 2020 to 1,924 cases in 2021. TB and silicosis declined by 6.6% and …

One of the worse impacts o f coal mining in the acid mine drainage in South Africa. ... Since 1993 coal mining plays an important role in the South Africa economy with R37 billion of contributio n ...

During 2022, the sector created 15 500 more jobs, lifting total employment to 475 560, according to the Minerals Council South Africa's Facts & Figures 2022 annual publication. Facts & Figures 2022, which provides in-depth data and insights into the status and performance of the mining industry, showed how important the sector is for the ...

7. Controlling operating costs. 8. Capital allocation. 9. Infrastructure access. 10. Access to new projects. The risks of access to energy and water, increased unionisation and high wage demand, and community relations and social licence to mine are risks that African mining executives have been trying to manage for some time now.

The Role of Mines in the Economy of South Africa. Mining is one of the most important sectors of the economy in South Africa. In 2016, mining contributed 27% to GDP and employed over 1.5 million people. The sector is also responsible for a significant amount of exports, making it a significant contributor to the country's overall economy.

Introduction. The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men were integrated into wage labour. Black men changed from being farmers in their own lands to being cheap labour in the mines. African men from the Bantustans and from other neighbouring countries left their families behind to work as contract labourers in the mines.

Abstract. Mining in southern Africa has a long pre-colonial history. Haematite mining in Swaziland can be traced back more than 40,000 years, iron smelting dates from 400 AD or earlier, and copper from 900 AD. The most iconic evidence for pre-colonial mining are the gold artefacts from Mapungubwe dated between 1220 and 1300 AD.

South Africa is not immune to the experience of mine closure and a large literature exists on its impact (Nel and Binns, 2002;Marais, 2013b; Marais and Cloete, 2013). To date the worst affected ...