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Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways. Mining can yield a range of benefits to societies, but it may also …
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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. Yet the history of mining in Southern Africa, a region marked with high …
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Gold mining has serious negative environmental impacts, especially due to pollution emanating from tailings storage facilities (TSFs, tailings dams, slimes dams). The most important forms of pollution from TSFs are acid mine drainage (AMD) and high levels of potentially toxic elements (PTEs). AMD arises from the high levels of pyrite in the …
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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 …
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The development of many Southern African countries is inextricably linked to the mining sector. For example, South Africa's Johannesburg-Pretoria metropolitan …
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This paper aims to provide a guideline to where the South African gold sector stands in terms of productivity, over a time period that captures the impacts of (1) the global …
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It has however been argued that the incompatibility of ASM with corporate-regulatory structures prevents a purely positive impact of traceability and certification on local production and trade. ... In 2015 for instance, gang battles associated with illegal gold mining were reported in South Africa, as criminal gangs took over control over ...
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Platinum mining in South Africa Platinum mining in SA is comparatively recent, supply increasing from 1.76 million ounces (50 tons) in 1975 to a peak of 4.86 million ounces (138 tons) in 2011. Value of 2012 output, about R56billion. SA currently produces about 75% of world production
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South Africa is one of the largest mining countries in the world, with a rich history of mineral extraction that dates back to the 19th century. Scribante continues to play a significant role in the country's economy, providing jobs, generating revenue, and contributing to international trade. The Positive Impact of Mining on the South African …
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The Cost of Gold calls on South Africa to develop a coordinated and comprehensive program that deals with the range of problems associated with gold mining in the region. While industry and communities have a significant role to play, the report focuses on the responsibility of the government, which is legally obliged to promote …
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The article evaluates the impact of SAP on adjusting countries in Africa with particular focus on the Ghanaian gold mining industry, which the policy impacts mostly through privatisation, one of ...
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According to the research, the influences of coal mining in South Africa are dissected. The positive influence is that coal mining improves the South African economy, expressive of impacts on ...
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At the current gold price more than half of the South African gold mining industry is marginal; ... Although the crisis has eased in many countries, the effects on the South African mining industry have been profound and enduring. Employment in the gold sector has continued to decline since the 1980s with around 93,841 workers currently ...
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Thousands of derelict gold mines pollute the water and air in South Africa, affecting millions of people who live nearby. Learn about the environmental, health, and social crisis caused by the withering gold …
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For 130 years South Africa has been exploiting its gold resources in Johannesburg. But at what cost? 278 abandoned mines …
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Africa is underexplored in part because mining authorities have inadequately managed geological data, and mining companies have considered much of the continent commercially risky.25 For example, a South African strategy to boost exploration cites poor policy implementation, insufficient electricity, strikes and community unrest, and …
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Consequently, there is a positive impact on local communities through poverty alleviation. It is imperative to note the effects of COVID-19 on the industry. Laing ... Trends in productivity in the South African gold mining industry. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 116(3), 283–290. Google Scholar ...
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Human Capital Considerations. Perhaps the greatest concern now facing the gold industry is the degree and rapidity of shrinkage in personnel. Chart 3 reveals that, over a twenty-year period since 1984, the number of unskilled personnel employed by the South African gold mining industry has fallen from 450,000 to 130,000 due to restructuring in the sector.
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Impacts of gold mining on vegetation and landscape. ... 43% of total s had a positive attitude toward mining activities in the study area, while the remaining 57% had a negative attitude (Table 7). While mining is commonly thought of as a labor-intensive activity requiring significantly more money than farming, the questions …
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South Africa's mining sector faces a number of roadblocks, but mining companies can take action to alleviate them and renew growth in the industry. ... By focusing on tangible ways to generate positive social impact (related to climate change, global education, racial equity, and more) we help organizations tackle some of the most …
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South Africa - Gold Mining, Economy, History: Prospectors established in 1886 the existence of a belt of gold-bearing reefs 40 miles (60 km) wide centered on present-day Johannesburg. The rapid growth of the gold-mining industry intensified processes started by the diamond boom: immigration, urbanization, capital investment, …
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Introduction. Africa endows about a third of global reserves of natural resource of metals and minerals [].The continent is currently hosting about 700 active industrial mines and many more are planned, partly in response to the global transition toward a low-carbon future [1, 2].Large-scale extraction projects are important drivers for …
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A. The Mineral Revolution: The Discovery of Gold and its Impact on South Africa. B. The South African War: The Build-up to the War and its Components. C. The Union of South Africa: The Formation of Union and its Impact on South Africa ... "The Development of the South African Gold-Mining Industry, 1895-1918," The Economic …
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To read more about gold mining's positive impact on socio economic development, click the links below: The social and economic contribution of gold mining – Nov 2023 data update This data update quantifies the direct social and economic contributions of 30 World Gold Council's member companies in 2022.
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The year 2023 proved to be an exceptionally demanding period for the global mining industry, with South Africa facing multifaceted and far-reaching challenges. These challenges have pushed the sector into a state of crisis-mode management, which has become the norm in the management of South African mines.
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impact of the gold mining industry, especially in developing economies. Key highlights • In 2021, WGC member companies directly contributed a total of US$57.1bn to host economies ... South Africa 1,060.4 70.4 221.0 757.6 11.4 …
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South Africa: Gold: National: 29: Weldegiorgis and Ali (2016) P: A: Statistical: Rwanda: Tin: Local: 30: Damigos and Kaliampakos (2006) P: A: Case study: Greece: Gold: Local: 31: Macdonald (2004a) R: NGO: ... (both in the mining sector and indirectly in other sectors) is a positive impact of the mining activity documented in …
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Coal mining in South Africa It was mining that gave South Africa its current shape through processes from the 1880s to 1910. Gold mining took centre stage early, both because of its importance for the British and thus global monetary system and …
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The African continent is richly endowed with significant mineral, oil and gas resources, including large reserves of gold. As noted in the previous chapter, the continent is home to a large portion of the world's mineral wealth, including 42 per cent of the world's known gold reserves (Bush, 2008, p. 361).The continent's largest producer of gold, …
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This is not the common perception of the industry. The scale of contraction in gold mining − in output terms from 566 t in 1990 to 420 t in 1998 − has tended to create the impression that mining in South Africa is a sunset industry …
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