This paper investigates migration patterns in South Africa by focusing on three mining towns (Postmasburg, Rustenburg and Emalahleni) in three different provinces. Methods: This paper utilizes survey data from primary sources to investigate the potential link between migration patterns and mining output.

Downloadable (with restrictions)! Loss or degradation of communal lands can have major implications for people's livelihoods and well-being in rural underdeveloped areas. Mining operations are one driver of land loss with negative implications for people. This study assesses the livelihood effects of open-cast mining on a rural communal land village …

The government is imposing a heavy minerals mining project at Xholobeni, a community located on the northeastern coast of the Eastern Cape province in South Africa. The mining project is backed by an Australian mining company, MRC (Mineral Resources Commodities). The Xholobeni community is opposed to it.

South Africa has failed to address the adverse environmental and health effects of more than 130 years of gold mining in and around Johannesburg, a new report from Harvard Law School shows ...

Impacts of Coal Mining in Witbank, Mpumalanga Province of South Africa Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, 2019, Vol. 8 1587 environmental and health impacts due to mining.

The South African mining industry employed 514 859 individuals in 2019. If the mining sector is represented by a group of 100 workers, 39 are employed in the platinum group metals sector, 21 in the …

Mining and Water Supply in Marginalised Communities: The Case of Anglo-Platinum Mogalakwena and Ga-Molekane Village, Limpopo Province, South Africa: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8809-3.ch017: The extractive industry and water security nexus for vulnerable communities that surround a mine has been a subject of debate in the Global South. …

Since then, the mining industry has become hugely important to the country, contributing roughly 202 billion South African Rand (roughly 10.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023 to South Africa's ...

South Africa's mining industry is supported by an extensive and diversified resource base, and has since its inception been a cornerstone of South Africa's economy. ... The topics of taxation of mineral rights and allocations from national revenue collection to provinces in which mining takes place are raised in section 1.3 and in chapter 6 ...

8 minutes. Stephen Kgamotso, 19, works an illegal chrome mine. Industrial-scale illegal mining is destroying villages in South Africa and now accounts for ten per cent of all chrome produced by the country – the world's biggest supplier of the ore, which is essential for stainless steel production. Words and photographs by Tommy Trenchard.

Mpumalanga, nestled in the eastern part of South Africa, is blessed with an extraordinary array of mineral resources. The region boasts substantial reserves of coal, gold, platinum, chrome, manganese, and many other valuable minerals. These resources have fueled the growth of the mining industry, attracting both domestic and international ...

Mining is a risky business, yet evidence shows that it can contribute to the economic growth of a country and to poverty reduction through employment (Statistics South Africa, 2018). According to Statistics South Africa (2019), the North West province was the largest contributor in employment with 150 003 (29,1%) people working in the …

In 2013, the mining industry published the Mining and biodiversit … Analysis of biodiversity impacts in mining environmental impact assessments before and after 2013 from Mpumalanga province, South Africa Environ Monit Assess. 2022 Jun 22;194(7):521. doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10190-w. ...

relationship between a mining company and the owners of mineral rights in South Africa has been an unequal one or, as James Sutherland (lawyer to the Bafokeng from the mid-1990s) puts it, 'the playing fields are skewed'. The owners, usually farmers or black communities, are not able to match the high-powered mining experts that the big …

The Mpumalanga Province is a key source of South Africa's coal supply with over 60% of the province's surface area either being subject to mining rights or prospecting applications.

The mining industry contributes a hefty 7.5% to South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and accounts for some 60%, by value, of the country's exports. ... "Transmission capacity remains a challenge especially in the Cape provinces. Eskom has therefore recently published a curtailment regime which unlocks 3 470 MW of additional ...

Venetia is synonymous with the South African diamond mining industry. Located in Limpopo, it started production in 1992. Until it ceased open-pit operations at the end of 2022, it contributed 40 % of the country's annual diamond production. In 2013, De Beers announced that it would invest US$2.3 billion dollars in VUP, marking the single ...

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The Kalahari Manganese Field, located in Northern Cape Province, about 700km southwest of Johannesburg, contains around 80% of the world's known high-grade manganese ore reserves. The district yields about 4Mtpa, mined mainly by two companies: Samancor and Assmang. Originally established in 1935, Assmang is jointly owned and …

Founded: 1944. Headquarters: Johannesburg, South Africa. AEMFC is a state-owned mining company and a subsidiary of the Central Energy Fund. It is among the biggest mining companies in Mpumalanga ...

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Underground mining will be by conventional block-caving or sub-level caving methods. The Finsch mine, part of the Petra Diamonds group, is South Africa's second largest producer and operates exclusively as an underground mine using conventional sub-level caving methods. Finsch produced 1.8Mct in 2019. Near Pretoria and also part of the Petra ...

Kangala Coal Mine, South Africa. Kangala is an open pit coal mine situated in the Witbank region of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, and lies 65km east of Johannesburg. The Makhado coal project covers an area of 8,190ha in the Mopane Sector of the Soutpansberg coalfield and is made up of the five farms, Fripp, Tanga, Windhoek, …

Mining Matters to South Africa and its people. The mining industry continues to make an important contribution to the lives of employees, communities and the country through its contribution to the fiscus, taxes and royalties, by providing jobs and benefits, education and training and by investing in social projects and infrastructure.

Gold Fields of South Africa Limited was amalgamated with other smaller companies into the Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa Limited in 1892. Robinson sold his shares in Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company, worth £250,000, to the Wernher–Beit Company, which was an affiliate of the De Beers group and the …

Africa's mining industry contracted by 2.8% in 2019 from 7.6% input in previous years, a trend that had been in place for more than a decade (Mineral Council of South Africa,

The Minerals Council of South Africa (MCSA) has reported that mining contributed 351 billion rand (7.3 percent) to South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) during 2018, up from 335 billion ...

According to the estimation, the economically. recoverable coal reserves in South Africa are between 15 and 55 billion tonnes, which means the. existing productive coal mines can be mined from 15 ...

V46. 29 An Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Sand and Gravel Mining In Nzhelele Valley, Limpopo Province, South Africa Edmore Kori and Humphrey Mathada Department of Geography and Geo-Information …

Study of Sand Mining and Related Environmental Problems along the Nzhelele River in Limpopo Province of South Africa Francis Amponsah-Dacosta1 and Humphrey Mathada2 1Department of Mining and Environmental Geology, University of Venda, P/Bag X5050, Thohoyandou, 0950, South Africa, [email protected] and [email protected]