Top 10 Mining Companies in Africa

Founded in 1887, Gold Fields Limited is among the top gold mining companies in Africa. The firm has an extensive experience and expertise in gold exploration and production in South Africa. ... Established in 1995, Anglo American Platinum is a cornerstone of South Africa's mining heritage. ... Conclusion. With its vast and diverse geological ...

The state of mine closure in South Africa

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a major concern in the gold and coal mining sectors in South Africa. The Mpumalanga Highveld, as well as being the focus of large-scale coal mining, is also home to South Africa's most productive agricultural land and a …

South Africa

By 1899 the gold industry attracted investment worth £75 million, produced almost three-tenths of the world's gold, and employed more than 100,000 people (the overwhelming majority of them Black migrant workers). The world's richest goldfield was also the most …

Africa Gold Advisory

Whereas South Africa was the dominant gold producer for much of the 20th century, today gold mining is growing across the continent. The top five producers in 2021 were Ghana, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Sudan, according to official industry figures. [4]

Gold in South Africa: Lessons from the Apartheid Era

Gold in South Africa had been very much the country's life blood. Footnote 14 Given South Africa's abundant gold resources and low labour costs of imported workers Footnote 15 from all over Southern Africa, it could profitably mine to depths of 3 km and more and yet mines still remained profitable. It was the well-known combination of cheap imported labour, …

Conclusion: Records, Bodies and Contested Justice

For most of the twentieth century, gold mining dominated South Africa's economy. Through their extensive use of migrant labour, the industry helped shape the economies—and …

Cornish Miners and the Witwatersrand Gold Mines in …

Cornish Miners and the Witwatersrand Gold Mines in South Africa, c. 1890-1904 Introduction The economy and society of southern Africa was greatly altered by two developments in the

Collapse of the Free State Goldfields, South Africa: …

The gold boom came to an end in 1989, when the gold price dropped suddenly from about US$900 per ounce to about US$300. This led to the closure of many mines that became uneconomic because of ageing infrastructure and the …

Conclusion

This book is not about South Africa as gold mining is already a sunset industry and the future of gold mining is in other parts of Africa. However, the book does consider the role …

Gold in South Africa

Leading producers of gold in South Africa are Harmony Gold Mining, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold Fields, Sibanye Stillwater and Northam Platinum. During 2020-2021, Harmony …

South African mining collapse from number one in the world …

South Africa's reputation as a mining jurisdiction has collapsed in recent years. The country now ranks among the worst ten places in the world. ... South Africa's mining output …

South Africa: Will an investor-friendly mining policy turn …

The mining sector, which contributed R425.6 billion to the GDP in 2023 and accounted for about 55 percent of total exports, is particularly affected by these challenges and recent data from Statistics South Africa indicates that mining production has remained flat, with significant declines in gold and platinum group metals exacerbating the ...

(PDF) Mine closure in South Africa: A survey of current …

Two examples of gold mining companies that were closed prematurely were examined. ... Conclusion: South Africa could adopt these countries' models to enforce compliance and proactivity regarding ...

South Africa

Gold Mining in South Africa

From contemporary accounts, the gold rush that followed the initial discovery in South Africa brought diggers of all nationalities into the new fields and brought with it an at- mosphere …

Human exposure to uranium in South African gold mining …

At many South African gold mines, the ore extracted contains not only gold but also considerable amounts of uranium (U), which is brought to the surface inadvertently. Mine waste in hydraulically generated deposits (locally called "tailings dams") cover about 400 km 2, mostly in regions that, through mining, developed into densely ...

The social and economic contribution of gold mining

organisations in over 75 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe. These studies cover ... Responsible Mining 36 Conclusion 40 Annex 1: Methods and Economic Model 41 Annex 2: Data Collection and Analysis 45 ... Gold mining is, by nature, a multi-year business, involving high capital outlays upfront, long lead times ...

List of the 20 biggest mining companies in South Africa in …

Mzansi is the world's largest producer of gold, chrome ore, platinum group metals, and manganese ore. Private and public companies compete for the country's resources because mining is among the biggest industries in SA. The sector contributes around 13.5 billion USD annually to South Africa's GDP.

Top 10 Gold Mines in South Africa

07: Barberton Mines – 1.66MnOz. Barberton is both the site of South Africa's first gold discovery, as well as its first gold mine. Gold mining in Barberton is still a valuable centre of high-quality product, and its gold …

Sustainable Development in Mining Communities: …

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 fields, 98 gold-bearing reefs and

Gold in South Africa: Lessons from the Apartheid Era

Aside from reviewing and highlighting South Africa's gold mining history, this chapter considers issues of vital importance that enabled South Africa to attain its economic …

Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining—With Special Reference to South Africa

Gold mining has serious negative environmental impacts, especially due to pollution emanating from tailings storage facilities (TSFs, tailings dams, slimes dams). The most important forms of pollution from TSFs are acid mine drainage (AMD) and high levels of potentially toxic elements (PTEs). AMD arises from the high levels of pyrite in the mining ores, …

The impact of artisanal mining on rehabilitation efforts of …

Artisanal and/or illegal gold mining is said to be responsible for a yearly loss of about R5.6 billion to the South African gold mining revenue (Moodley 2013). According to Hinton et al. ( 2003 ), throughout the world, artisanal mining communities vary from culture to culture, region to region, time to time and from one mine to another, and ...