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In 2024 the mining sector contributed R351 billion to the South African gross domestic product GDP A total of 456 438 people were employed in the mining sector in 2024 Each person employed in the mining sector has up to nine indirect dependants The mining sector has for many years attracted valuable foreign direct investment to South Africa
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In 2024 South Africa s share of global mining exploration expenditure was $ down % from 2024 making it sixth in Africa and only % of global exploration spend its lowest place in decades and a devastating statistic for a country whose geological attractiveness should by rights make it a top global player Reduced exploration has knock on effects on the pipeline of
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The dangerous world of illegal mining in South Africa Play 09 19 The dangerous world of illegal mining in South Africa Every day they go to work they have no idea whether they will return
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The South African mining industry is currently one of the largest contributing sectors to the country s economy In the years preceeding the new constitutional era the sole aim of the mining sector was the exploitation of South Africa s rich mineral resources while the majority of South Africans only benefitted indirectly from the infrastructure and economy established by the mining sector
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The future of mining in South Africa Mining has always made a significant contribution to South Africa from its $ contribution to GDP in 2024 to its role as the base of Anglo American the world s largest producer of platinum By JP Casey President Cyril Ramaphosa in January 2024 Credit South African Government
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5 days agoGauteng premier David Makhura believes the issue of illegal mining can be solved if the mining community accommodates small scale artisanal miners With the issue of illegal mining there are
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Jan 17 2022Howden Articles South African deep mining experience This article was initially published at International Mining Magazine Daniel Gleeson Mines are getting deeper with every year that passes 30m deeper if industry reports are correct
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Aug 6 2020South Africa s mining sector is in a state of structural decline as these five statistics show But because of international commodity prices and the sector s own efforts at reform it is
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In 2024 South Africa produced million tonnes which equated to 54% of global production according to Mining Weekly South Africa and Zimbabwe hold about 90% of the world s chromite reserves and resources Total Mining Projects in SA Chrome Mining Projects in SA 461 7
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Toxic City The Cost of Gold Mining in South Africa Mountains of waste from Johannesburg s omnipresent gold industry may be ruining the health of nearby residents Read more summary 11 Feb 2024
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6 000 abandoned Today there are an estimated 6 000 abandoned or disused mines across South Africa the vast majority of them found along the so called Golden Arc the elliptical basin that spans the breadth of Johannesburg and continues into the neighbouring Free State and North West provinces
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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 Mining companies are
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The country s mining sector continued to thrive throughout much of the 20th century with gold mining becoming an essential economic activity for the nation Its gold mines currently make up 12% of global production and South Africa is the world s largest producer of manganese platinum and palladium and zirconium View Full Article
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Minerals Diamonds gold coal iron ore chrome copper emerald fluorspar ilmenite lead manganese nickel phosphate silica tin vanadium uranium zinc and zircon Independence 31 May 1910 Area 1 221 037 km2 Mining fact The Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa is the largest gold resource in the world This is also where the world s deepest gold mine is found the Mponeng Gold
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The 73 page report We Know Our Lives Are in Danger Environment of Fear in South Africa s Mining affected Communities and video cites activists reports of intimidation violence
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Witwatersrand is the largest and famous gold reserve in South Africa It all started way back in 1867 when a diamond was accidentally discovered on the bank of the Orange River Thousands and thousands of native as well as foreign people rushed to the diamond and gold fields to profit from this business The gold mining industry has flourished
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This list of mines in South Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output For practical purposes stone marble and other quarries may be included in this list Contents 1 Chromium 2 Coal 3 Diamond 4 Gold 5 Iron 6 Lead mines 7 Manganese 8 Platinum 9 Titanium 10 Uranium
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The mining industry in South Africa is complex and extensively governed by legislation and controlled by regulation yet still there are several issues likely to raise challenges in These include proposed amendments to the regulations published in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 2024 MPRDA relating to retrenchments the publication of proposed guidelines
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The current turbulence in the mining industry in South Africa has its roots in several different factors First the fall in global demand for platinum and other minerals due to recession second the consequences of the Marikana disaster in destabilising labour relations and third the structural character of our mining industry A great deal has been written about the first two factors so
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In 1980 mining provided 11 percent of employment opportunities in South Africa Currently it is only around 2 percent Currently it is only around 2 percent As noted by The Economist During the recent minerals boom production actually shrank by 1 percent a year whereas it surged by an annual average of 5 percent in the rest of the world
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Image of Mark Cutifani from archives Anglo American s LON AAL platinum unit Amplats is a step closer to selling its strike hit mines in South Africa as a now five month labour action over
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The aim of this study was to assess contributors to fatigue of mine workers in South Africa Methods Data collection took place at four gold mines and one platinum mine in South Africa A total
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South Africa is also a renowned producer of gold and controls world s largest in situ gold reserves Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC produces approximately 50% of global cobalt and
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According to IJGlobal there are at present 35 mining projects at the financing or pre financing stage in Sub Saharan Africa It is worth noting that traditional project financing remains rare for mining projects in Sub Saharan Africa with one notable recent exception being the bauxite mine and associated rail and port infrastructure project
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The impact of mining operations on rural communities is a contentious issue in South Africa There is also concern about the manner in which communities are consulted about mining on their land
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Before diamonds and gold Commercial mining in South Africa dates back to the early 1850s when the first copper mine was established on Springbokfontein Farm in Springbok in the Northern Cape Nowadays you can visit the mine museum at Nababeep to educate yourself about this copper rich area and the mining that took place there once upon a time
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My research shows that some mining corporations still have influence over mining development in post apartheid South Africa although to a lesser degree The study found that mining corporations
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Mining s contribution to total economic production climbed in the 1970s to peak at 21% in 1980 1 Contributing to the upward surge in 1980 was a relatively high gold price In other words for every R100 that the South African economy produced that year R21 was due to mining In 1987 employment in the industry peaked at just over 760 000
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The rapid expansion of platinum mining into rural communal land in the former homeland areas of South Africa has caused intensive intra community struggles To date however there has been limited empirical focus on the character of these struggles at the village level In this article I attempt to narrow this gap by drawing on a
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Summary After months of speculation South African President Jacob Zuma will announce Feb 12 which minerals the government will initially classify as strategic under the new Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill Once the bill is passed Pretoria will be able to take greater control over the mining sectors named by Zuma
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