South Africa's 'Deadly Air' Case Highlights Health Risks …
The negative health impacts of coal, and air pollution specifically, form the basis of the "Deadly Air" case, a legal challenge by two South African environmental justice organizations ...
The impact of coal mining on the environment and …
Coal is South Africa's major primary energy source, and plays a significant role in supplying the chemicals and steelmaking industries. The benefits of coal production are relevant in the light of South Africa's development priorities of job creation and economic growth. Even so, primary metal production and coal-based power generation industries, …
The Economic and Environmental Effects of Coal Mining: South Africa
The positive influence is that coal mining improves the South African economy, expressive of impacts on export, domestic consumption, GDP, and employment. However, coal mining damages the ...
Coal mining and environmental sustainability in …
This study investigates the effects of coal mining on environmental sustainability in South Africa in relation to the moderating role of institutions. To achieve …
Mining industry of South Africa
Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa An aerial view of the Two Rivers mine in Steelpoort, Limpopo, owned by both African Rainbow Minerals and Impala Platinum holdings limited. Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. Large …
Interview: The Dangers of Opposing Mining in South Africa
Birgit Schwarz talks to Robby Mokgalaka, Coal Campaign manager at groundWork, a South African environmental justice organization, about the impact of mining on rural communities and the dangers of ...
Impacts of mining on water resources in South Africa: A …
Mining has had a severe impact on the environment in South Africa including acid mine drainage into rivers (Ochieng et al., 2010), production of solid waste, biodiversity impact, community ...
Impacts of mining on water resources in South Africa: …
SOUTH AFRICA Pollution has been identified as one of the many pressures affecting freshwater systems and resources in South Africa (Younger, 2001). Mine water is a growing concern in water quality management. Mine water impacts negatively on the water environment by increasing the levels of suspended solids, leading to
(PDF) Evaluating Impacts of Coal Mining in South African environment…
This study, therefore, evaluates the impacts of coal mining in South Africa relative to achieving society 4.0 in the country. Mpumalanga province was used as a case study as mining activities are ...
Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining—With Special Reference to South Africa
In South Africa these two are by far the largest sources of soil and water pollution, particularly PTE pollution, in the country. This is very serious because they are both concentrated in the largest staple food production areas of the country. This paper deals only with the impacts of gold mining activities in South Africa.
Mining in Africa: managing the impacts
The environmental legacy of mining in Africa is generally that of large unfilled holes and aban-doned artisanal mining sites. Social impacts Adverse social impacts can include: • displacement of communities and disruption of livelihoods as mines are opened up, land use is changed and new people arrive;
Effects Of Mining on the Environment and Human Health
The effects of mining coal persists for years after coal is removed. Dear Readers, please refer to this latest article regarding the serious effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the environment and human lives in South Africa. This Harvard report was just recently released in October, 2016 and is extremely in depth on the issues of the serious ...
Economic Impacts
There is a large economic impact of diamond mining in South Africa as diamonds provide a lot of money to the economy, which provides better living conditions. Diamonds today are mined in about 25 different countries but around 49% of diamonds come from South Africa. South Africa is the fourth largest diamond producer in the world.
The impact of acid mine drainage in South Africa
The mining of coal exposes iron sulphides to oxygen and water, leading to generation of acid mine drainage (AMD) which can cause serious environmental impacts by increasing SO4 2-, metals and ...
Violence adds to uncertainty for South African …
Pressure is high for Ramaphosa's administration to reassert the global competitiveness of the nation's mining sector. In 2020, South Africa came 60th out of 77 jurisdictions in the Fraser Institute's Annual …
South African Mine Effluents: Heavy Metal Pollution and Impact …
released into the environment, polluting the ecosystem. Abstract. South Africa embarks on extensive mining a ctivities, w hich consequently produce enormous quantities of toxic HMs that. pollute ...
How Does Mining Contribute To The Economy Of South Africa…
The mining industry is a major contributor to the South African economy, with over US$16 billion in revenue generated in 2014. The sector employs around 176,000 people, provides significant tax revenue and supports other economic sectors. Mining has a significant impact on the economy of South Africa, contributing significantly to GDP.
13 Mining and Minerals in South Africa
The impact of mining on the economy and society is best understood through analysis of the value chain, rather than through extraction alone. The mining value chain stretches …
(PDF) Mineral policy impact on South Africa's mining
This report summa rises an empirical analy sis of the impact of key Gov ernment policy interventions s ince the advent of democracy. in South Africa on the mining sector. This analysis has be en ...
Perceptions of local communities regarding the impacts of mining …
An example of the negative impacts of mining is the poignant case of the Twickenham mine owned by Amplats (Anglo American Platinum) in South Africa. The mine was placed on care and maintenance in July 2016 after years of operation ( …
Social impact assessment in the mining sector: Review and comparison …
Table 1 shows the resulting set of examined studies, while Fig. S1 in the Supplementary information displays the characteristics of the sample. Most of the studies are journal articles (72%) published by universities (60%). The most studied geographic areas are Australia (22%) and Africa (22%).
(PDF) Mining and the African Environment
Abstract and Figures. Africa is on the verge of a mining boom. We review the environmental threats from African mining development, including habitat alteration, infrastructure expansion, human ...
Perceptions of local communities regarding the …
An example of the negative impacts of mining is the poignant case of the Twickenham mine owned by Amplats (Anglo American Platinum) in South Africa. The …
South Africa's Miners Addressing Climate Change …
How South African Mining Can Address Climate Change Challenges. South African mining is facing increased pressure to address its environmental impact and …
Socioeconomic Impact of Mining on Local Communities in Africa
the welfare impacts of large-scale gold mining on local communities in three African countries — Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania. The approach adopted in this study is two-pronged.
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 …
The devastating impact of Gold Mining in South Africa
For 130 years South Africa has been exploiting its gold resources in Johannesburg. But at what cost? 278 abandoned mines and 200 mining dumps, that contain about 6 billion tons of waste, exist in Johannesburg. For every single gram of gold extracted, 200 kg of waste are produced. Inside the city, hills composed of sand debris …
History of mining in South Africa
The Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy reported that the number of gold miners employed in "cheap black labour" jumped from 14,000 in 1890 to 534,000 in 1986. The paper also notes that as mineral reserves run low, miners demand better working conditions, and itinerant workers move back to their …
Environmental Impacts of Gold Mining With Special …
Emeritus-Professor of Soil Science, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood, Pretoria 0081, South Africa; giel.laker1@gmail. Abstract: Gold mining has serious negative environmental impacts ...
The perceptual impact of enterprise development on …
practising enterprise development.It also investigates the perceptual impact of enterprise development on a mining community as observed by mining community entrepreneurs. 1.3 Context and background to the study 1.3.1 Context of the study Mining in South Africa has a controversial history of exploitation, which began at
13 Mining and Minerals in South Africa
The impact of mining on the economy and society is best understood through analysis of the value chain, rather than through extraction alone. The mining value chain stretches from the production of inputs—in South Africa, principally capital goods and construction services—to mining itself, to the metals and coal refineries, to export markets and …
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. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As the predominantly agrarian societies of …
Mining and the African Environment
Mining: South Africa: Marakele National Park: downgrade: 2009: unknown: unknown: Tanzania: Selous Game Reserve: downsize: 2012: 200: Uranium: The immediate, relatively local environmental impacts of mining per se may be dwarfed by the potentially far more wide-ranging impacts of mining infrastructure and socioeconomic change.
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.
Mining
Mining. Historically, South Africa has been a leading global supplier of minerals and mineral products, and it retains an important role in mining and minerals demonstrated by 55 minerals being produced from some 1113 mines in 2005. Mined product is sourced from open-cast, underground, alluvial, offshore, dune as well as artisanal mining.
The Social and Environmental Consequences of Coal …
A handful of large-scale producers supply coal primarily to electricity and synthetic fuel producers. About 51 percent of South African coal mining is done underground and about 49 percent is produced by open-cast methods. The coal-mining industry is highly concentrated with five companies accounting for.
THE IMPACT OF MINING ON THE SOUTH …
As one of South Africa's leading economic historians, Hobart Houghton noted, South African mining has always been an epic of applied science. Professor Chris Barnard put South African surgery on …
How does the mining sector impact the South African …
Mining contributes 11% of gross capital creation but also 16% of total direct foreign investment in South Africa. Despite accounting for just 0.3 percent of taxpayers, …