Digging Deep : A History of Mining in South Africa, 1852 …
— Before the advent of its great mineral revolution in the latter half of the 19th century, South Africa was a sleepy colonial backwater whose unpromising landscape was seemingly devoid of any economic potential. Yet lying just beneath the dusty surface of the land lay the richest treasure trove of gold, diamonds, platinum, coal and a host of other …
Challenges Facing the South African Gold …
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 …
South Africa
— 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. …
Introduction: Colonial South Africa, Mineral Revolutions and …
— Chapter 5 investigates the industrial development of deep-level mining through the lens of the capital market, documenting how stock exchanges in …
Gold Mining in South Africa
— The start of gold mining in South Africa dates well before the well-known extraction of the layered Witwatersrand gold reef around Johannesburg from 1886. Exploitation of the greenstone belt around …
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 …
South Africa
— 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 …
Historical Reading List: The Diamond Fields of South Africa…
— "Diamonds and Gold in South Africa," T. Reunert, J.C. Juta & Company, Capetown, 242 pp. (1893). This book describes mining techniques used in the country. The Mining Industries of South Africa, as Shown at the Kimberley Exhibition, B.H. Brough, Journal of the Society of Arts, Vol. 41, No. 2096, pp. 166-178, (1893). An international ...
South Africa Chinese Pengxin set to buy historic Tau Lekoa gold …
— At a board meeting on 14 February, China's Pengxin Resources, known for its cobalt and copper investments in the DRC (AI, 23/12/21), made a formal offer to buy South Africa's Tau Lekoa gold mine for 300m rand (about $19.8m).. Currently owned by Village Main Reef (VMR), the Tau Lekoa mine has been going through a turbulent period since …
The Origin of Gold in South Africa
— Here we discuss the research and the implications of our results for the geologic history of South Africa. ... Africa's largest gold mines. ... Pulses of sedimentation within the sequence and ...
Cecil John Rhodes | South African History Online
— In 1887 when Rhodes finally did act and formed the Goldfields of South Africa Company with his brother Frank, most of the best claims were already taken. Goldfields South Africa performed very poorly, prompting Rhodes to look towards the north for the gold fields that Rudd had assured him were lying in wait. The Statesman
History of Diamonds
THE HISTORY OF DIAMOND MINING AND DIAMONDS IN SOUTH AFRICA. The 1867 discovery of diamonds in the Cape Colony, South Africa, radically modified not only the world's supply of diamonds but also the conception of them. ... Discover more about South African diamonds and the history of diamonds when you visit our museum based in the …
Global mine production by country | World Gold Council
— Gold mining is a global business with operations on every continent, except Antarctica, and gold is extracted from mines of widely varying types and scale. At a country level, China was the largest producer in the world in 2023 and accounted for around 10 per cent of total global production. Our interactive gold mining map provides a breakdown ...
Mining: a brief history | Statistics South Africa
— Contributing to the upward surge in 1980 was a relatively high gold price. In other words, for every R100 that the South African economy produced that year, R21 was due to mining. In 1987, employment in the industry peaked at just over 760 000 individuals 1. Of course, mining is not the only industry that contributes to the South African economy.
A Perspective on the South African Mining Industry in …
During this period, mining other than gold grew faster than the rest of the economy. These industries are larger than most manufacturing subsectors: South African coal sales in 1997 were R16 billion, PGM R8.5 billion and chrome R4 billion. Some of the largest current investment projects in South Africa are in these industries.
South African Mining 2024 Outlook: Navigating Challenges …
— 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.
The future of gold in South Africa
— Since the discovery of gold in 1886, the mining industry in South Africa has made a major contribution to employment and economic growth. Fast forward to today: South Africa currently holds over 50% of all gold reserves, with the Witwatersrand Basin being the world's largest gold resource.
Pre-colonial mining in southern Africa
Although South Africa is the focus of subsequent sections of this report, this summary of pre-colonial mining methods has been extended to include archeological information gathered from sites elsewhere in southern Africa. As modern South Africa lacks a detailed account of early mining12, this will allow insights to be gained from the
Mining's Oppressive History: The South
— Mining's Oppressive History: The South African Story (Part 1: 1860-1930) 06 Jun 2019. ... In the Transvaal, gold mining followed the same pattern. As this labour- and capital-intensive industry rapidly …
Grade 8
Making the refining process more thorough and economically viable, gold mining in South Africa projects, such as the ERGO Mines Joint Venture in Brakpan, will facilitate the re-processing of 1.7 billion tonnes of gold tailings to refine a further 15 million ounces of gold.Over 50% of all gold reserves are found in South Africa, where the ...
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. ... South African companies now dig up waste weighing more than 15 million pounds — heavier than 38 Boeing 747s — in order to process one standard gold bar's worth of final product. …
Gold, Finance and Imperialism in South Africa, 1887–1902
Gold mining presented the South African Republic (ZAR) and the whole southern African regional economy with a long-term economic future and new prospects of industrialisation. However, this socio-economic transformation was dependent on extensive capital investments and the institutionalisation of a coercive labour regime based on racial ...
South Deep Gold Mine, Gauteng Province, South Africa
— The South Deep operation's restructuring plan was initiated in August 2018, affecting 1,092 permanent employees and 420 contractors. The restructuring plan is aimed to consolidate Gold Field's mining activity and align the cost structure to the current performance levels of the mine.
Johannesburg
— Johannesburg - Gold Rush, Apartheid, Mining: Johannesburg's early history is the story of gold. In 1853 Pieter Jacob Marais, a South African prospector, recovered alluvial gold from the Jukskei River, north of what would become Johannesburg. The years that followed brought several modest strikes, but the Witwatersrand Main Reef eluded …
Digging deep : a history of mining in South Africa, 1852-2002
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 504-515) and index. Summary" Before the advent of its great mineral revolution in the latter half of the nineteenth century, South Africa was a sleepy colonial backwater whose unpromising landscape was seemingly devoid of any economic potential.
Factors that favour and hinder gold mining in South Africa
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 and hazards which require constant commitment and adherence to safety and health standards and procedures.
Top 10 Gold Mines in South Africa
— 10: Target Gold Mine – 452Koz. The Target 1 Gold Mine, which is owned by Harmony Gold, produced 72,146 oz of gold in 2020. Located at the Welkom gold fields, the proven and probable mineral reserves were estimated at 5.1 million tonnes (Mt) grading 4.28g/t gold, as of June 2020.
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa …
Source: Francis Wilson and Mamphela Ramphele, Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge. Cape Town, David Philip, 1989, p.116). F.A. Johnstone characterises the social evils associated with the gold mining in South Africa: The gold mining industry was a capitalist system of production based upon a capitalist social structure.
Labour and Mining Revolution 1886-1940s
— The discovery of a diamond on a farm in the British controlled Cape Colony in 1867 and of gold in the Afrikaner "Boer" controlled Transvaal Republic transformed the agricultural-based economy into a segregated White-controlled capitalist industrial society and over the next two decades into the economic powerhouse of Africa.
Gold
In the 20 th century, the large gold mines on the West Wits line were established, and towns like Carletonville and Klerksdorp became important and busy centres around the world-famous gold mines: Kloof, …
South Africa
— The Mineral Revolution in South Africa started with the discovery of diamonds in Kimberley in 1867, and intensified with the discovery of deep-level gold on …