About Us | Department of Mineral Resources
The existence of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy is premised on its vision of becoming a leader in the transformation of South Africa's economic growth agenda through the sustainable development of the mining and energy sectors. The department has six (6) programmes, developed in line with the objective to develop a mineral ...
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South Africa needs to ramp up critical minerals
The South African mining sector can remain internationally competitive and support socioeconomic development only if it drives decarbonisation and adapts to the global shift in commodity demand ...
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South Africans right to be very proud of country's …
Kgatelopele is a consortium made up of mineral resources trader IMR Resources South Africa, mining-focused investment holding companies Kolobe Nala Investment Lime and HEX2M, as well as JJJL ...
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Mining and Minerals in South Africa | The Oxford …
08 December 2021. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. Although the mining value chain only accounted for around 13% of the GDP and 6% of employment in 2020, it …
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AMV – Africa Mining Vision | African Union
The Africa Mining Vision was adopted by Heads of State at the February 2009 AU summit following the October 2008 meeting of African Ministers responsible for Mineral Resources Development. It is Africa's own response to tackling the paradox of great mineral wealth existing side by side with pervasive poverty. The AMV is holistic. It …
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Digitalizing Africa's mines | Brookings
Digitalizing Africa's mines. This article was originally published by Project Syndicate. Mineral resources are a critical source of revenue for Africa. In 2019, minerals and fossil fuels ...
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South Africa's 400 abandoned coal mines pose deadly, toxic …
South Africa has failed to clean up and secure hundreds of abandoned coal mines that now pose a deadly threat to nearby communities, according to Human Rights Watch. There are more than 400 empty ...
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Investment in mining crucial to ensure continued …
Investment in the mining industry is crucial to ensure its continued contribution to the South African economy, says PwC in its thirteenth edition of SA Mine 2021, a series of publications that ...
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SA Mine 2022 | Press release
A cleaner, greener mining sector. When considering the volume of CO 2 emitted in South Africa annually, the mining sector is a major contributor to these emissions albeit almost negligible in the global context. In 2021, up to 81.4% of South Africa's electricity was generated from coal, and considering that up to 60% of the energy …
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African Mines | Mining in Africa
Our Mines. Strong assets have positioned Pan African Resources as one of South Africa's high-margin gold miners. From one of the oldest and richest working gold mines in the world, to modern, innovative and highly automated tailings retreatment plants, our asset portfolio has the capacity to produce in excess of 200 000 high-margin, high-quality …
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South Africa I | SpringerLink
The context of the dispute was tensions over mining rights between the local community of Amadiba and Australian Mining Companies, namely Mineral Commodities Limited (MRC) Footnote 20, Transworld Energy and Mineral Resources (Pty) Limited, and South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources. Government's position in this dispute …
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COAL AS A STRATEGIC RESOURCE IN SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa is rich in coal resources; commercial mining of coal started in 1857 and ranked as the sixth largest producer in the world. The production of coal is from different sources, which include ... Mining operations tend to use lower-cost mineral resources first (large deposits, shallow, high quality and easy to process metallurgical ...
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Department of Mineral Resources
Department of Mineral Resources. To promote and regulate the minerals and mining for transformation, growth, development and ensure that all South Africans derive sustainable benefit from the country's mineral …
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South Africa
Because of its dependence on foreign trade, South Africa's economy is sensitive to global economic conditions. Precious metals and base … See more
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Mining & Mineral Processing
South Africa's mining industry is the fifth largest globally in terms of gross domestic product (GDP). The mining sector contributed R356bn or 7.3% to South Africa's GDP and accounted for 25% of the country's total export …
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Mineral resources and energy | South African …
About SA > Mineral resources and energy. Transforming mining and energy resources. Role players. Mining Qualifications Authority. Reserves. Non-ferrous metals. Industrial minerals. Geology. Energy. National Liquid …
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The Lithium Rush in Africa | Global Witness
In 2022 an estimated 5,000 artisanal miners flooded into Sandawana in what local media described as a "lithium rush", digging out chunks of the mineral to sell to traders who would truck it to South Africa. Many local people reportedly saw the mining as a boon.
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Grade 5 Geography Term 4: Minerals and Mining in SA
TERM 4: MINERALS AND MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA UNIT 4.1: Mineral & coal resources of South Africa UNIT 4. 2: Mining and the Environment UNIT 4. 3: Mining and People. Suitable for class presentations and exam preparation. Guidelines for permission of use: – No commercial use of any part of this product is permitted.
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Mining in SA
Economic activity in modern-day South Africa has been centred on mining activities, their ancillary services and supplies. The country's stock exchange in Johannesburg was established in 1887, a decade after the first diamonds were discovered on the banks of the Orange River, and almost simultaneously with the gold rush on the world-famous …
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Mapping Africa's natural resources | Maps News | Al Jazeera
At $125bn per year, South Africa generates the most money from its mineral resources. Nigeria comes in second with $53bn per year, followed by Algeria ($39bn) Angola ($32bn) and Libya ($27bn).
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Exxaro Resources | LinkedIn
Exxaro Resources Limited (Exxaro, the company or the group) is among the top five coal producers in South Africa. Since 2006, Exxaro has become one of South Africa's largest and foremost black-empowered and diversified mining companies. The group is a constituent of the JSE Limited (JSE) Top 40 Index and among the top 30 in the …
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Mining & Mineral Processing
South Africa has the world's largest reserves of platinum group metals (PGMs) and manganese, and some of the largest gold, diamonds, chromite ore and vanadium deposits. South Africa's mining industry is the fifth …
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Coal mining and environmental sustainability in South Africa…
This study investigates the effects of coal mining on environmental sustainability in South Africa in relation to the moderating role of institutions. To achieve the study's objectives, the fully modified least square (FMOLS), dynamic least squares (DOLS), canonical cointegrating regression (CCR), Bayer-Hanck cointegration and Toda …
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34 Mineral resources
of South Africa's mineral resources and minerals industry, and the secure and sustainable provision of energy in ... mining and energy resources, rehabilitating mines and the environment, extending access to electricity, ... South African Nuclear Energy Corporation is allocated R2.9 billion over the MTEF period, of which R2.2 billion is ...
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Minerals Council of South Africa v Minister of Mineral Resources …
It constitutes a radical departure from the previous system of mineral and mining law that applied in South Africa. [11] The Preamble to the MPRDA acknowledges inter alia that South Africa's mineral resources belong to the nation and that the State is the custodian thereof. It also reaffirms the State's commitment to reform, to bring about ...
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Mining industry in South Africa
Total assets of the mining industry in South Africa from 2013 to 2023 (in billion South African rand) Basic Statistic EBITDA of mining in South Africa 2023, by …
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MINERALAND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT …
48. Restriction or prohibition of prospecting and mining on certain land 49. Minister's power to prohibit or restrict prospecting or mining 50. Minister may investigate occurrence, nature and extent of mineral resources 51. Optimal mining of mineral resources 52. Notice of profi tability and curtailment of mining operations affecting employ ...
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Minerals | Free Full-Text | Resource Intensity Trends in the South …
Over 70% of the world's viable chromite resources are in the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC), South Africa. Both underground and open-pit mining are practised. The abundance of chromite resources in South Africa, amongst other factors, has led to the development of the South African ferrochrome industry. The country's …
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The plight of mining cities in South Africa: Planning for …
Abstract. The mining sector's share in South Africa's economy has declined over the past 30 years, as has employment on the gold mines. Yet many new mining areas have developed. Mining growth has been driven primarily by platinum and coal, with iron ore and other metals contributing. Of South Africa's 39 'small' or 'secondary' cities ...
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Constraints still preventing South Africa from attracting …
South Africa's exploration spend is waning, in stark contrast to the plethora of mineral resources it holds, and contradictory to the trend in other countries, especially some of the country's ...
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