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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.
South Africa has some of the deepest mines in the world – and a historically poor safety record. And while mining fatalities in South Africa have reached record lows over the last decade, there was an 18% increase in 2020 in accidents related to falling rocks and transportation.
From the construction of infrastructure and schools to skills development and transfer as well as long-term employment, mines have a central part to play in driving positive change in South Africa. While Covid-19 put the brakes on a lot of spending, it is time to focus once more on these initiatives and make 2022 the year of upliftment in ...
Industrial scale mining in South Africa began in the 1850's with the establishment of the first copper mine. Then, in 1867, diamonds were discovered in …
Promoting occupational health and safety in the workplace has several benefits for society; the mining organisations; the miners and their families; and South Africa's (SA) socio-economic growth. Previous studies have reported that poor enforcement and implementation of health and safety measures negatively affect social and …
Two of the four most significant minerals in South Africa's commodity footprint are at risk of reduced demand in the future: thermal coal and platinum group …
Musingwini (2014) mentioned that the average grade of South African gold mines has declined from approximately 12 g/t in the 1970s to approximately 5 g/t currently. Figure 4 …
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 …
Mining in South Africa: The precipitous decline of platinum and palladium prices. Central to this crisis is the dramatic fall in the prices of key commodities like platinum and palladium. Reports from Bloomberg and Reuters highlight significant job cuts considered by major mining companies like Anglo American Plc and Sibanye Stillwater …
To address this, 136 countries, including 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, agreed last month to a minimum effective corporate tax rate of 15 percent starting in 2023. The importance of mining to economies in the region is clear. The mining sector contributes about 10 percent to GDP across 15 resource intensive sub-Saharan African …
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 …
Harmony Gold, South Africa's biggest gold producer, became the owner and operator of the Mponeng underground mine by acquiring AngloGold Ashanti's remaining South African assets in October 2020. ... The current operating depth at the Mponeng mine ranges from 3.16km to 3.84km, while the future mining is expected to further deepen …
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 areas …
The impact of mining on the economy and society is best understood through analysis of the value chain, rather than through extraction alone. The mining value chain stretches …
After all, meeting mining production targets is a key goal, especially considering the critical nature of the products mined: coal, for South Africa's power …
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.
by Adenike Adeodun January 30, 2024. The year 2023 proved to be an exceptionally demanding period for the global mining industry, with South Africa facing multifaceted …
Illegal artisanal mining (IAM) is a serious environmental and social problem in South Africa. 1 'Illegal' mining is an act of mining that contravenes the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA). Despite its illegality, many scholars believe such mining has an important role to play in rural economic development. 2 The global …
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.
The relevant clause, which was written in Dutch, was transferred almost word for word into the Union of South Africa's Mines and Works Act (No. 12 of 1911) (par. 8.1). The clause read: 'No person shall employ underground on any mine a boy apparently under the age of sixteen years or any ' (Alexander, 2007, p. 214). The Mines and Works Act ...
A prosperous future for the coal mining industry in South Africa depends on public and private sector parties tapping into its vast coal reserves, and power generation processes by State-owned ...
M M ining 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. It kickstarted what historians call the Mineral Revolution, which made few European opportunists wealthy beyond measure, and saw hundreds of thousands of men leaving …
The impact of mining on the economy and society is best understood through analysis of the value chain, rather than through extraction alone. The mining value chain stretches from the production of inputs—in South Africa, principally capital goods and construction services—to mining itself, to the metals and coal refineries, to export markets 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 …
In South Africa, a 30-year-old mine ... In short, they will disrupt Africa's mining sector; but the advantages of digitalization, if harnessed correctly, will far outweigh the risks. Related Content
Raksha Naidoo, CEO of The Particle Group and Chairperson of Women in Mining South Africa. Raksha Naidoo. Raksha Naidoo's almost two-decade-long career spans various leadership roles. As CEO of The Particle Group, she supports small businesses and women-owned projects in the mining sector. Her advocacy for gender …
Reflecting its long-term commitment to Africa's future, Australian mining companies have invested about $60-billion into Africa. Speaking at this year's Africa Down Under conference, on ...
M M ining 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. It kickstarted what historians call the Mineral Revolution, which made few European opportunists wealthy beyond measure, and saw hundreds of thousands of men leaving …
The situation is similar in countries such as Namibia and South Africa . Footnote 6 However, for other African countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi, South Sudan—the potential of the mining industry to effectively contribute to the economic development has not been realized due to various issues including lack …
1. Introduction. The South African mining industry (SAMI) is a significant contributor to the economy of the country but faces sustainability, occupational health, and safety challenges [1], [2].The SAMI is traditionally labor intensive and takes place in difficult conditions [3], [4].In addition, the SAMI has residual problems faced by mine workers, …
More recently, Mining Charter III sought to increase this to 30% for existing rights holders, however, in the case of Minerals Council of South Africa v Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy and Others ZAGPPHC 623 (21 September 2021) ("Minerals Council case"), the court recognised the 'flow-through' principle as well as the 'once …