AFRICA: the impact of mining on the environment | Afrik 21
The mining industry, mainly focused on the extraction of minerals and metals such as iron, copper, cobalt, nickel and cadmium, degrades ecosystems and contaminates the environment. "Oil, silver, copper, or gold are found in rocks containing sulphide ores, which release sulphuric acid when crushed and exposed to air and water.Web
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Uranium Mining in South Africa
The nuclear industry has allowed South Africa many privileges on the world stage. Moreover, South Africa's uranium industry has made monumental social and economic impacts on the country. While South Africa's progression in the nuclear world has bred positive benefits its lasting effects on their …
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Environmental and Health Impact Due to Uranium Mining
Tanzania, Nigeria, Namibia and South Africa are the major mining countries in Africa. Uranium mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was used in the Manhattan project for the atom bomb dropped on Japan. Uranium mined from South Africa was used to feed the nuclear programme of the USA and UK during the 1960s, while …Web
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Radioactive city: how Johannesburg's townships are paying for its
More than 600 abandoned mines surround South Africa's largest city, with much of their waste now piled up high next to residential communities – most of which are poor and black. Rasalind ...Web
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i /.;:; URANIUMIN SOUTH AFRICA
URANIUM IN SOUTH AFRICA ISBN 0-86960-857-6 Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the uranium mining industry of South Africa for its assistance and co-operation in contributing data which assisted in the compilation of this report. Liaison with the Government Mining Engineer and the Council for Mineral Technology alsoWeb
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Uranium from Africa – An overview on past and current mining …
Namibia: In contrast to underground mining in South Africa, most uranium in Namibia is from near surface deposits as exemplified by the Rössing U-mine near …Web
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Extracting a disaster | David Thorpe | The Guardian
This is how safe the mine in fact is – and you won't find such records at African mines: almost 15,000 litres of acid uranium solution leaked in a 2002 incident, and since then further leaks ...Web
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Uranium mining threatens South Africa's iconic Karoo
Russian investment? According to company documents, the available resources are approximately £57 million of Uranium Oxide U O - about 25,000 tonnes with an average grade of 0.1%. But with recent …Web
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Opportunities and the Need for Sustainable Uranium Mining In Niger
Somair's Open pit Uranium mine in Niger. Photo: Areva Situated in West Africa, bordered by Nigeria, Chad, Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali and Algeria, the Republic of Niger is a landlocked country. Niger gained freedom from the French in 1960, was under military rule for the most part of its recent history and has been prone…Web
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Ezulwini Uranium and Gold Mine, Gauteng
The Ezulwini project involves the re-commissioning of an underground uranium and gold mining operation, located about 40km south-west of Johannesburg, on the outskirts of the town of Westonaria in the province of Gauteng, South Africa. The mine is currently operating on a care and maintenance basis. The mine was built in the 1960s …Web
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Uranium Mining Overview
Uranium Mining Overview. (Updated August 2023) In the last 60 years uranium has become one of the world's most important energy minerals. It is mined and concentrated similarly to many other metals. While uranium is used almost entirely for making electricity, a small proportion is used for the important task of producing medical isotopes.Web
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An elemental force: Uranium production in Africa, and what it …
Uranium's nuclearity plummeted because several uranium-producing countries—most notably, apartheid South Africa—actively lobbied for such an exclusion starting in the late 1960s. South Africa, for one, now had other nuclear facilities and didn't need mines to qualify as a "nuclear" nation.Web
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Nuclear Power in South Africa | South African Nuclear Energy
The environmental impact assessment (EIA) process initiated earlier in 2006 confirmed the selection of three possible sites for the next nuclear power units: Thyspunt, Bantamsklip, and Duynefontein, the last of which is very near the existing Koeberg nuclear plant. ... Uranium mining . Uranium production in South Africa has generally been a by ...Web
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The half-lives of African uranium: A historical review
This review examines the history of uranium mining in sub-Saharan Africa to contextualize recent extraction developments on the continent. From the secretive days of uranium mining in the first half of the twentieth century to today's ambitions of African nations to domestically mine uranium and generate nuclear power, Africa remains …Web
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Human exposure to uranium in South African gold mining areas …
Uranium (U) measurements in water, soil, and food related to gold mining activities in populated areas in Gauteng Province, South Africa, suggest the possibility of exposure levels that may lead to adverse health consequences, including cancer. Theoretical considerations on pathways of human uptake of significant exposures are …Web
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Africa: uranium resources by country | Statista
Sep 22, 2023. Namibia had 470,100 metric tons of uranium in recoverable resources as of 2021, the largest amount in Africa. Currently, the country presents the largest uranium production on the ...Web
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Global Uranium (Production, Demand and Balance) Market
The global uranium production is forecasted to reach 66.32ktU in 2026, experiencing growth at a CAGR of 4.46% during the period spanning from 2022 to 2026. Growth in the global uranium market was ...Web
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The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa's Illegal Gold Mines
When the country's mining industry collapsed, a criminal economy grew in its place, with thousands of men climbing into some of the deepest shafts in the world, searching for leftover gold. By ...Web
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How the atomic bomb scarred the Congo
Mines in the US and Canada were considered a "good" prospect if they could yield ore with 0.03% uranium. At Shinkolobwe, ores typically yielded 65% uranium.Web
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Is Johannesburg the most radioactive city in the world?
South African advocacy groups have claimed Johannesburg is the most radioactive city on Earth, because of the mining of uranium-rich gold fields. But uranium contamination and radioactivity aren't the same thing. Published on 15 February 2021. This article is more than 2 years old. The gold mines of Johannesburg have concentrated …Web
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Uranium Mining Market Analysis including Reserves, Production
The uranium mining market production is estimated to be 52.4 thousand tonnes (kt) in 2022 and is expected to project a CAGR of more than 5% during 2023-26. ... Russia, Namibia, South Africa, South Africa, Brazil, and Niger, among others. Australia held the largest share in 2019, followed by Kazakhstan and Canada. Uranium Mining …Web
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All that glitters... Acid mine drainage: The toxic legacy …
By 2002, Harmony had transferred the mine to Rand Uranium, in which Harmony holds a 40 percent stake. Under South African law, the company was not required to have a mine closure plan in place, …Web
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How mine dumps in South Africa affect the health of …
The prevalence of asthma among the children in communities located near mine dumps – between 10% and 13% – was consistent with other studies conducted in South Africa. And among older people ...Web
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Uranium pollution of South African streams – An overview of the
During more than a century of gold mining in South Africa large amounts of tailings were produced, which now cover vast areas in densely populated regions. These dumps contain elevated levels of uranium and other toxic heavy metals associated with gold in the mined ore. Large-scale extraction of uranium from auriferous ore only took place during the …Web
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Toxic City: The Cost of Gold Mining in South Africa
Toxic City: The Cost of Gold Mining in South Africa. ... According to a 2013 study by North-West University in South Africa, the city contains 600,000 tonnes of uranium, which are a source of ...Web
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Uranium Mining
The demand for uranium mining and men to work those mines skyrocketed in the early days of the Manhattan Project, and would become one of its enduring legacies. Uranium Mining. Uranium mining …Web
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The half-lives of African uranium: A historical review
This review examines the history of uranium mining in sub-Saharan Africa to contextualize recent extraction developments on the continent. From the secretive days …Web
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NUCLEAR-RISKS | Witwatersrand
The total uranium production of the Witwatersrand basin between 1952 and 1998 is estimated to be about 150,000 tons of refined uranium. Until 1964, most of the uranium was exported to the U.S. and to Britain. But starting in the 1960s, South Africa began to construct its own nuclear weapons program.Web
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Nuclear power and uranium mining: current global
Despite the Fukushima power plant accident (2011), development of next-generation nuclear reactors and rapid expansion of uranium mining in low-income countries are likely to improve prospects for the nuclear industry. Trends in the nuclear energy industry have given rise to new public health challenges. Driven by high power …Web
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An elemental force: Uranium production in Africa, and what it …
Uranium's nuclearity plummeted because several uranium-producing countries—most notably, apartheid South Africa—actively lobbied for such an exclusion …Web
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