Recent developments concerning the geological history and genesis of the Witwatersrand gold deposits, South Africa. Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 9:17–45. Kirk, J., J. Ruiz, J. Chesley, J. Walshe and G. England. 2002. A major Archean, gold- and crust-forming event in the Kaapvaal craton, South Africa. Science 297:1856–1858.Web
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IntroductionThe South African economy has a long history of mining exploration. The first mining operations were recorded in 1852. Literature has expressed the need to continue exploring the implications of internal and cross-border in-migration on the labor market of destination areas. This paper investigates migration patterns in South …Web
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South Africa has three cities that serve as capitals: Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Johannesburg, the largest urban area in the country and a centre of commerce, lies at the heart of the populous Gauteng province. Durban, a port on the Indian Ocean, is a major industrial centre. East London and Port …Web
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Another harmful mineral that occurs commonly in South Africa is asbestos. Although much research has been conducted on the health effects of silica dust and asbestos fibres in the major mining industries in which exposures to these minerals occur (viz. the gold-mining and asbestos-mining sectors), little is known about their health …Web
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Footnote 84 South Africa's gold output continued to fall as did the mines' contribution to national tax revenue, which dropped from 26 per cent in 1981 to 2 per cent in 1992. Footnote 85 At their peak in 1986, the mines employed well over half a million workers, by 1999, less than half that number, and by 2022, around 95,000.Web
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The advancements in South Africa's gold mining techniques have been bolstered by international collaboration and knowledge sharing. Partnerships with global mining experts, research institutions ...Web
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With several years invested in mining, South Africa is bringing this industry into the new year with conflict and concerning statistics. Many eyes are on this region as a leading supplier of gold, platinum, coal, and other prominent resources; however, companies relying on these mines are starting to turn to other regions as South Africa …Web
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South African gold mining is located in the Witwatersrand Basin, the world's largest goldfield which stretches in an arc over 400 km and has seven discrete gold …Web
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Data were collected from four gold mines and one platinum mine located in four of the nine provinces in South Africa in 2017. The total estimated workforce size at these mines was approximately 40 000, and the SAMI directly employed around 464 700 people at that time (personal communication, Department of Mineral Resources, 6 July …Web
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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. ... Within a year of gold findings, the area …Web
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1. Introduction. Over the past century, mining has been the backbone of South Africa's economy. Gold mining brought about widespread employment, wealth, and contributed to the development of several sectors in the South African economy (Durand, 2012).These sectors include the development of infrastructure and the establishment of …Web
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The South African literature on closure has mostly used urban case studies to reveal the many aspects of mine closure ( Binns and Nel, 2001; Marais, 2013a, 2013b; Nel and Binns, 2002; Siyongwana, 2018 ). Against this background, the paper analyses South African mining policy and policy guidelines on the relationship between mine closure …Web
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First large gold mining company established and the commencement of the development and the population of Johannesburg increased ten-fold in just four years. A new class, the Randlords, emerged 1887Web
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UNICEF South Africa/2019. UNICEF South Africa Representative Sanjay Wijeskera (middle) participates in the Panel Discussion at the Mining Indaba in Cape …Web
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The major problems facing the junior and emerging coal mining sector in South Africa are finance, a dysfunctional regulator and logistical difficulties. These were highlighted in a panel ...Web
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An estimated 30 million people are involved in artisanal or small-scale mining globally and 30-40% of this takes place in Africa, according to the African Minerals Development Centre, a mining ...Web
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The report shows that, in several cases, gold from artisanal mines in Africa where child labour is documented has ended up at the leading gold refineries located in …Web
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During the actual mining stage, a number of cases have been investigated by the SAHRC where children's rights are similarly impacted by mining activities. Some of the major …Web
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In this paper, we provide an overview of extant research on gender and women's livelihoods in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), mostly of precious or high-value minerals, and some of the gaps that the papers assembled in this special issue address. This introductory paper also seeks to frame the special issue by questioning the …Web
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Almost half of the 187,200 tons of gold ever mined in the history of human civilization has come from gold mines in Africa, and most of that from South Africa. In the past 130 years, South Africa's gold industry has weathered wars, prolonged and violent strikes, tragic accidents, resource nationalism (including super-taxes), commodity cycles …Web
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Countries in Africa, South America, and South Asia (including Mongolia) where child labor contributes to the production of jewelry. ... (163 boys, 4 ) at three isolated gold mining areas in Suriname. Most children (89.3%) worked part time and regularly attended school. Ages ranged from 7 to 17 years (mean 13.4 years) with 18 …Web
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Mining's tumultuous history evokes images of rootless, brawny and often militant men, whether laboring in sixteenth-century Peru or twenty-first-century South Africa. Footnote 2. This focus, on large, formally owned and operated, corporate capital mineral extraction processes, ignores how poor people actually live on mineral-rich tracts …Web
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The aim of this study was to identify all the host communities in the West Wits goldfield in South Africa and measure a comprehensive set of local SDG indicators, to …Web
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PDF | The history of gold mining and gold trade in southern Africa goes back nearly 1000 years. Given the number of early gold mines and the records of... | Find, read and cite all the research ...Web
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An Untapped Goldmine: Opportunities for South African Mining. Historically, the mining sector has contributed significantly to South Africa's economic growth and employment, supported by a rich natural endowment of mineral resources, including Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), gold, iron ore, and manganese. Currently, the mining …Web
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Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and the local authorities to control their movements. The first time Pass documents were used to restrict the movement of non-European …Web
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Read Now. Gender-based violence (GBV) takes centre stage in the agenda of Women in Mining South Africa (WIMSA). In a sector where various initiatives are underway, GBV remains a critical concern ...Web
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