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.
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 …
Mining in South Africa has been a contentious issue since 15-year-old Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs discovered South Africa's first diamond, the Eureka, in Hopetown in 1867.
Mining in South Africa: the challenges and the opportunities 2 September 2016 18 • Non-gold mining sector can grow at 3-5% pa, resulting in more balanced country growth rate (double size of non-gold mining by 2028). • If mining had grown at same pace as rest of economy between 1994 and 2013, country's growth rate would have been 4% (not 3.2%)
The mining sector's share in South Africa's economy has declined over the past 30 years, as has employment on the gold mines. Yet many new mining area…
South Africa is a country that combines considerable coal mines, coal reserves and natural resources, environmental issues, and water scarcity.
A. The Mineral Revolution ↵. In this section we will briefly discuss the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand and the Gold Rush. We will also discuss how the mining industry developed and how the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand impacted the area and all of its inhabitants.
What support exists? > The mining and mineral beneficiation industries hold the potential to substantially contribute to economic growth, job creation, transformation and infrastructure development, consistent with the government's objectives of inclusive growth.
This paper examines the contribution of three aggregate mining sectors of the South African economy to output and employment over the 1970-97 period.
Learn about the chemical hazards and health risks in the South African mining industry from this comprehensive research paper.
Land degradation is a global problem impacting biodiversity and livelihoods, with profound effects on resource-based livelihoods. As such, it impedes progress towards sustainable development goals …
South African mining is facing increased pressure to address its environmental impact and carbon footprint, with roughly ZAR 264 billion annually in …
An assessment of the health and wellbeing priorities in the host communities of fifteen Anglo American mining operations across four provinces in South Africa was conducted using a mixed-methods approach where existing health data were quantitatively appraised and qualitative research was conducted.
Waste from a diamond mine in South Africa grew ever higher as the ownership changed from De Beers to a billionaire to a Dubai-based retailer. The mining town paid the price.
A Long and Complex History: Mining in South Africa. The first mine constructed in what is now South Africa began operations in 1852, a copper project that would form the cornerstone of the town of Springbokfontein, today Springbok, in the Northern Cape province.
Economic activity in modern-day South Africa has been centred on mining activities, their ancillary services and supplies. The country's stock exchange in Johannesburg was established in 1887, a decade after the first diamonds were discovered on the banks of the Orange River, and almost simultaneously with the gold rush on the world-famous …
Abstract. Although the mining value chain only accounted for around 13% of the GDP and 6% of employment in 2020, it remained a central link between the South African …
South Africa - Diamonds, Gold, Imperialism: South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As the predominantly agrarian …
During the Covid-19 lockdown, coal supply and coal mining was part of the list of essential services; international conflicts have exposed the global reliance on South African coal; and in the ...
Mining rights in South Africa are governed by specific requirements, regulations, and compliance obligations aimed at ensuring responsible and sustainable mining practices. Obtaining and maintaining mining rights requires compliance with various laws and regulations, including mineral resource and reserve assessments, …
Methods. Data collection took place at four gold mines and one platinum mine in South Africa. A total of 21 focus groups were held with individuals in management, union representatives, and mine workers, and 564 questionnaires were completed by mine workers to gather information about fatigue and potential contributors to fatigue at these …
Law, sand, order: inside South African sand mining. Mining industry group ASPASA wants a crack down on artisanal sand mining. With sand extraction a critical part of the country's construction industry, what happens next?
Many of South Africa's gold mining areas have experienced decline and closure since the boom period of 1950–1990, mainly because of resource depletion, increased mining costs and the health and safety risks of deep mining (Crankshaw, 2002). Jobs in gold mining dropped from about 560,000–100,000 between 1987 and 2020.
South Africa's economic paradox is that it cannot grow economically if it has a burgeoning crime crisis but it is unable to solve the burgeoning crime crisis if it is not growing. That was the ...
2023 brought immense challenges to South African mining. CEO Warren Beech shares insights on the year ahead and the industry's future.
From President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation address to the recent Mining Indaba, to the updates from listed companies, the message is clear - the ongoing load shedding South Africans are experiencing has become a serious constraint on growth and profitability for South Africa's corporates.
The paper examines the mining industry of South Africa from 1994 to the present, by reference to the legislative reforms and also the continuing contribution of mining to the economy of South Africa; with a focus on the case of gold. This is all affected by the push for 'sustainable development' (1987). In the past mining companies provided ...
Industrial mining projects can play an important role in global sustainable development if associated health risks are minimised and opportunities maximised. While a broad body of evidence from quantitative studies exists that establishes the interlinkages between mining operations and effects on public health, little research has been …
South Africa is incredibly rich in natural resources, with large reserves of some of the most valuable minerals on the planet found below its surface. Industrial …
ronmental eects of coal mining in South Africa in rela-tion to the mediating role of institutions. Although South Africa is one of the African continent's economic giants, its environmental attributes are unsatisfactory. South Africa, which produced CO2 emissions of 0.46GT in 2018, or 1% of all global emissions, is far and away the greatest ...
Today South Africa is a leading global producer of platinum group metals, chromium, manganese, vanadium, gold, coal, iron ore and several other metals and minerals (Yager, 2021). Over 90 cities, towns, and villages in South Africa host 198 large-scale mines, situated within a quarter of the country's local municipalities (Cole and …
Further, the coal industry in South Africa employs ~90,000 people and generates valuable export income. In 2015, mining was South Africa's largest foreign exchange earner (Delport et al., 2015). The value of coal to the country means that to significantly reduce coal production would result in a negative impact on the economy in …
Mining has played a central role in the development of South Africa – from the importation of European labour through to the migrant labour system that characterised apartheid, our mineral resources have molded our political, social, and economic paradigms over the last 140 years.
Mining in South Africa has underpinned the modern economic development of the country, while it is possible that the industry has now passed its peak and is a …
> South Africa's mining industry is the fifth largest globally in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). > The mining sector contributed R356bn or 7.3% to South Africa's …
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 ...
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