For 130 years South Africa has been exploiting its gold resources in Johannesburg. But at what cost? 278 abandoned mines and 200 mining dumps, that contain about 6 billion tons of waste, exist in Johannesburg. For every single gram of gold extracted, 200 kg of waste are produced. Inside the city, hills composed of sand debris …
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SOUTH AFRICA Pollution has been identified as one of the many pressures affecting freshwater systems and resources in South Africa (Younger, 2001). Mine water is a growing concern in water quality management. Mine water impacts negatively on the water environment by increasing the levels of suspended solids, leading to
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Mining: South Africa: Marakele National Park: downgrade: 2009: unknown: unknown: Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve: downsize: 2012: 200: Uranium: The immediate, relatively local environmental impacts of mining per se may be dwarfed by the potentially far more wide-ranging impacts of mining infrastructure and socioeconomic change.
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The mining industry of South Africa is one of the oldest and has been, for many years, the major contributor to the gross domestic product (GDP) and creation of employment in the country [1, 2 ...
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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 …
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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 …
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Birgit Schwarz talks to Robby Mokgalaka, Coal Campaign manager at groundWork, a South African environmental justice organization, about the impact of mining on rural communities and the dangers of ...
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Emeritus-Professor of Soil Science, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood, Pretoria 0081, South Africa; giel.laker1@gmail. Abstract: Gold mining has serious negative environmental impacts ...
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Mining contributes 11% of gross capital creation but also 16% of total direct foreign investment in South Africa. Despite accounting for just 0.3 percent of taxpayers, …
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The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold Mines. Thousands of abandoned gold mines are scattered across South Africa, polluting the water with toxics and filling the air with noxious dust. For the …
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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 ( …
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The positive influence is that coal mining improves the South African economy, expressive of impacts on export, domestic consumption, GDP, and employment. However, coal mining damages the ...
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the welfare impacts of large-scale gold mining on local communities in three African countries — Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania. The approach adopted in this study is two-pronged.
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Some of these damages in sub-Saharan Africa include abandoned pits and shafts in artisanal mining areas in West Africa, …
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How South African Mining Can Address Climate Change Challenges. South African mining is facing increased pressure to address its environmental impact and …
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The South African mining sector has been experiencing challenges due to fluctuations in global resource markets, high ... to approximately 8.1% in 2019 (Mineral Council South Africa, 2020). Devastating effects of mine closures that pose economic …
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Employment, investment and legislation. The South African mining industry has consistently increased the size of its workforce, from 406,994 in 2001 to 453,543 in 2018. This has led to a parallel increase in the tax paid by mining companies to the national government, from $1.21bn in 2010 to $1.56bn in 2018, according to the country's ...
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Abstract and Figures. Africa is on the verge of a mining boom. We review the environmental threats from African mining development, including habitat alteration, infrastructure expansion, human ...
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The mining industry is a major contributor to the South African economy, with over US$16 billion in revenue generated in 2014. The sector employs around 176,000 people, provides significant tax revenue and supports other economic sectors. Mining has a significant impact on the economy of South Africa, contributing significantly to GDP.
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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 …
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South Africa has 64 collieries, ranging from among the largest in the world to smallscale producers. A handful of large-scale producers supply coal primarily to electricity and synthetic fuel producers. About 51 percent of South African coal mining is done underground and about 49 percent is produced by open-cast methods.
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This study investigates the effects of coal mining on environmental sustainability in South Africa in relation to the moderating role of institutions. To achieve …
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Coal is South Africa's major primary energy source, and plays a significant role in supplying the chemicals and steelmaking industries. The benefits of coal production are relevant in the light of South Africa's development priorities of job creation and economic growth. Even so, primary metal production and coal-based power generation industries, …
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In South Africa these two are by far the largest sources of soil and water pollution, particularly PTE pollution, in the country. This is very serious because they are both concentrated in the largest staple food production areas of the country. This paper deals only with the impacts of gold mining activities in South Africa.
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Mining. Historically, South Africa has been a leading global supplier of minerals and mineral products, and it retains an important role in mining and minerals demonstrated by 55 minerals being produced from some 1113 mines in 2005. Mined product is sourced from open-cast, underground, alluvial, offshore, dune as well as artisanal mining.
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Pressure is high for Ramaphosa's administration to reassert the global competitiveness of the nation's mining sector. In 2020, South Africa came 60th out of 77 jurisdictions in the Fraser Institute's Annual …
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practising enterprise development.It also investigates the perceptual impact of enterprise development on a mining community as observed by mining community entrepreneurs. 1.3 Context and background to the study 1.3.1 Context of the study Mining in South Africa has a controversial history of exploitation, which began at
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February 9, 2022. Mining stakeholders have a key role to play in ensuring a brighter future for mining communities. The communities surrounding mines have a critical role to play, not only in the feasibility of a mine, but in the long-term viability of the area after mining resources have dried up. Mining organisations have both a legal and ...
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The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold Mines. Thousands of abandoned gold mines are scattered across South Africa, polluting the water with toxics and filling the air with noxious dust. For the millions of people who live around these derelict sites, the health impacts can be severe. By Mark Olalde • November 12, 2015.
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The environmental legacy of mining in Africa is generally that of large unfilled holes and aban-doned artisanal mining sites. Social impacts Adverse social impacts can include: • displacement of communities and disruption of livelihoods as mines are opened up, land use is changed and new people arrive;
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The effects of mining coal persists for years after coal is removed. Dear Readers, please refer to this latest article regarding the serious effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the environment and human lives in South Africa. This Harvard report was just recently released in October, 2016 and is extremely in depth on the issues of the serious ...
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In South Africa for example, the Mining industry has been the major driving force behind the economic success of the country with up to eight percent (8%) of the South African GDP contributed by ...
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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 societies of …
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This report summa rises an empirical analy sis of the impact of key Gov ernment policy interventions s ince the advent of democracy. in South Africa on the mining sector. This analysis has be en ...
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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 …
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Industrial mining projects can play an important role in global sustainable development if associated health risks are minimised and opportunities maximised. …
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The Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy reported that the number of gold miners employed in "cheap black labour" jumped from 14,000 in 1890 to 534,000 in 1986. The paper also notes that as mineral reserves run low, miners demand better working conditions, and itinerant workers move back to their …
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Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa An aerial view of the Two Rivers mine in Steelpoort, Limpopo, owned by both African Rainbow Minerals and Impala Platinum holdings limited. Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. Large …
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There is a large economic impact of diamond mining in South Africa as diamonds provide a lot of money to the economy, which provides better living conditions. Diamonds today are mined in about 25 different countries but around 49% of diamonds come from South Africa. South Africa is the fourth largest diamond producer in the world.
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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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