COVER PHOTO CREDIT: SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS …
Report reveals a disjuncture between its intended impact and the lived reality of many of South Africa's mining-affected communities. Despite extensive regulation and notable …
THE IMPACT OF MINING ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN …
— There are two ways of looking at mining in South Africa. The first is to see it as a sunset industry plagued by rising costs, technical difficulties, and political hostility. …
Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mining …
— Background Mining can directly and indirectly affect social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative ways, and may result in societal benefits, but may also cause conflicts, not least in relation to land use. Mining always affects the environment, whilst remediation and mitigation efforts may effectively ameliorate some …
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Civil Marriage in South Africa
— Civil marriages are recognised and fully protected by the law, as are the other valid marriages in South Africa, namely customary marriages and civil unions. In order to enjoy the benefits from a legally recognised marriage, couples should familiarise themselves with the different marital regimes in South Africa, as well as the advantages …
To Nationalize or Not? The Pros and Cons of South Africa …
— Since nationalized industries are typically not run for-profit, South Africa's mining industry could ultimately fall behind other countries' mining industries, such as Chile or Russia, ultimately decreasing the efficacy and overall profit of the mining industry and its contributions towards South Africa's other industries.
The negative effects of illegal mining
By its illicit nature, the cost of illegal mining in South Africa is difficult to determine, but it is estimated to cost around R6 billion a year. It is a significant risk to health and safety Damage to infrastructure poses a serious risk, while legal miners' safety is threatened by illegal gangs that are usually armed, sometimes with AK47s ...
COVER PHOTO CREDIT: SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS …
varied roles and responsibilities in addressing the challenges and opportunities in South Africa's mining-affected communities. FINDINGS The Commission has made a number of findings based on the underlying issues that contribute to the socio-economic challenges experienced by mining-affected communities. The Commission's
Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in …
— 2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect processes (via industries supporting mining operations, and external stakeholders who gain access to biodiversity-rich areas as the result of …
MINING, LAND, AND COMMUNITY IN COMMUNAL AREAS I
The problem of finding the right balance between respect for individual and community rights and the benefits of mining development is not unique to South Africa. Attempts to …
Gold Mining in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, …
— South Africa's gold mines, once the apex of global gold production, now grapple with deep-seated challenges – aging infrastructure and depths that test the limits of modern mining.
The benefits of legalising artisanal mining in South Africa
— Illegal mining in South Africa is a massive industry, mostly small-scale and artisanal in nature, it employs as many as 30,000 men, women and children. An estimated 10% of South Africa's gold production comes from small-scale and artisanal mining (ASM), which is explicitly banned as current regulations outlaw any activities that take place ...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Africa
FDI in Figures According to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2023, FDI flows to Africa reached USD 9 billion in 2022, following the anomalous peak in 2021 (USD 40.9 billion) caused by a large corporate reconfiguration.The 2022 level, however, was double the average of the last decade. In the same year, South Africa attracted several battery …
Mining in South Africa: Industry challenges in 2020
— The mining industry in South Africa is complex and extensively governed by legislation and controlled by regulation, yet still, there are several issues likely to raise challenges in 2020.. These include proposed amendments to the regulations published in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (MPRDA) …
Challenges faced by the South African exploration and mining industry
— By Warren Beech, partner and head of mining at law firm Hogan Lovells The various challenges being faced by the South African Exploration and Mining Industry are generally summarised into 8 key challenges, namely: the global financial crisis, and the impact that this has had on global demand, regulatory and legislative uncertainty, …
The environmental and socio-economic impact of mining on …
The detrimental environmental impacts of mining on communities are both direct and indirect. Mining can lead to the loss of natural resources on which communities rely for …
3 main risks to sustainable mining in South Africa
— "In recent years, the South African mining industry has had a declining contribution to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), which has led commentators to ask whether the industry is now in a 'sunrise or sunset' stage This is on the back of declining production, lagging cost competitiveness, low levels of exploration spend, …
Black peoples' control of South Africa's mining industry in …
— The Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter (Mining Charter 1) of 2002 called for Black people – referred to as Historically Disadvantaged South African (HDSAs) – to own 26 percent of the value of equity and mine assets and achieve 40 percent (including 10 percent for women) representation on the higher-level management to …
the disadvantages of iron mining on south african economy
Nationalizing South African mines: an economic Nationalizing the mining sector will cost the government more than it receives state in the South African economy, (ii) the fiscal risks or benefits of nationalization, (iii) the efficiency of the …
Factors that favour and hinder gold mining in …
FACTORS HINDERING GOLD MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA. Depth and temperature. South Africa's gold sector is a world leader in deep-level gold mining. Deep-level underground mining, however, brings with it risks …
A history of mining in South Africa
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 …
Digging deeper: Mining methods explained | Anglo …
The underground mining methods we use include room and pillar, narrow vein stoping and large-scale mechanised mining. Room and pillar mining is a style of mining where tunnels are driven in a chess board pattern with massive square pillars between them which are gradually cut away as the work proceeds. We use this for mining coal.
Top Risks Facing the Mining Sector
With a total revenue of R654 billion in 2023 [2], the South African mining sector contributes around 8% of South Africa's GDP and employs around half a million people in the country. [3] "The natural resources industry is facing a complex, volatile and …
Harmful mining activities, environmental impacts …
— Some of these damages in sub-Saharan Africa include abandoned pits and shafts in artisanal mining areas in West Africa, dumps from previous mining activities in South Africa, pollution of...
Open Knowledge Repository
Mining has been central to the social and economic narrative of Southern Africa, and has been a key provider of investment, employment, government revenue and infrastructure in the region. In South Africa, the Johannesburg-Pretoria metropolitan area, which serves as the region's economic and financial hub, developed because of the local gold ...
A review of problems and solutions of abandoned …
— This review looks at the general problems of abandoned mines in South Africa and the efforts made towards rehabilitation of abandoned mine sites. The issues discussed include the controversy …
A review of problems and solutions of abandoned mines in South Africa
— Mining has been the backbone of the South African economy for many years. For over a century it has contributed considerably in the welfare of the people of South Africa. As a result of South Africa's long history of mining, the country has many abandoned mines that are currently the major source of various environmental and social problems.
Fanakalo: the language of mining culture
Fanakalo is the lingua franca of the South African mining industry, spoken on a daily basis in the workplace. Fanakalo is also defined as a Southern African pidgin language. [3] A pidgin originates in specific circumstances of contact between groups of people with different mother-tongues.
Investigate aspects of mining in south africa
Topic c: indigenous mining in south africa before the modern era. The history of South Africa is closely linked to mining. Gold and diamond mining has generated much wealth for the country over the last 150 years. The mines in South Africa today produce gold, diamonds, silver, platinum, chromium and many other minerals.
Factors that hinder and favour coal mining in South Africa
South Africa's coal regions are well known and well explored – knowledge of the area is extensive. South Africa has large coal reserves and resources. Companies invest heavily in innovation and skills training to build an even greater understanding of the resource base and how to mine it. Coal mining in South Africa is a well-established ...
Investment challenges facing Africa's mining industry
— Deloitte's South Africa mining leader, Tony Zoghby, says: "Africa, in terms of infrastructure, is relatively undeveloped. "Although the resources are there, actually getting them out of the ground ...