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How does the mining sector impact the South African economy?

2021.6.24  It also produces a substantial amount of iron and manganese ores. 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, the

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Mining industry in South Africa - statistics facts Statista

2023.10.25  Since then, the mining industry has become hugely important to the country, contributing roughly 219.5 billion South African Rand (roughly 12.8 billion

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South Africa: How Mining Damages Communities and the

2018.8.27  Mining-affected communities across South Africa have said that mining needs to respect the customary rights of the people who have lived on the land for

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Social impact assessment in the mining sector: Review and

2018.8.1  Social impacts of the mining sector can be assessed using different indicators sets. • A literature review identifies the main social impacts occurring in the

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South Africa's Iron Ore Industry - Michael Porter

8% of its iron ore domestically (Kumba AR, 2008), and this percentage has since decreased as. South Africa’s domestic steel production fell 15% after the 2010 Soccer World Cup

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South Africa’s Miners Addressing Climate Change

2022.6.9  South African mining companies are facing increased pressure to address their environmental impact. If a more strategic and holistic approach is taken, they can leverage the uncertainty of climate

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Mining industry of South Africa - Wikipedia

As of end-2018, South Africa had a potential 6000 tonnes of reserves. In July 2018, the Mineral Council of South Africa announced that 75% of mines in South Africa were

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Community Perceptions on Environmental and Social

Perceptions of communities about mining and its impacts influence their relationship with mining companies in their vicinity. This study investigated the perceptions of communities on environmental and social impacts of

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THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA. *ΤΉΕ growth of the South African iron and steel industry, has derived much of its impetus from gold mining, is a new phase. With increasing demands for steel

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How Mining Impacts the Economy in South Africa:

2023.2.10  1. Job Creation: Mining operations require a large workforce in South Africa, including miners, engineers, and support staff, making it a significant source of job creation. This can help reduce

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The Contribution of the Mining Sector to Socioeconomic - The

The overall impact of the mining sector was much stronger if there were infrastructure benefits and strong linkages to other industries, especially through domestic procure-ment. Contrary to the notion that there are no jobs in mining, in this small sample, employment related to the mining sector was very high

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Impacts of Mining Oxfam Australia

Impacts of Mining. We have found mining can negatively affect people by: Mining can impact local communities both positively and negatively. While positive impacts such as employment and community development projects are important, they do not off-set the potential negatives. forcing them from their homes and land.

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South Africa: How Mining Damages Communities and the

2018.8.27  Senior Researcher, Environment and Human Rights. @katha_nina. The South African Human Rights Commission has released a scathing report on the damage mining in the country is posing to human rights ...

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Artisanal mining and its drivers in the South African context

2023.9.1  1. Introduction. Worldwide, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) includes an estimated forty million participants, and ASM activities indirectly support more than 150 million people across eighty countries in the global South (Intergovernmental Forum, 2017: 2).In the South African context, the number of people employed in the sector is

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Violence adds to uncertainty for South African mining

2021.8.16  But South Africa’s share of the global mining exploration expenditure dropped a staggering 20.5 per cent in 2020 to rank only sixth in Africa and represent less than one per cent of the global exploration spend – its lowest place in decades and a devastating position for a country whose geological attractiveness should protect its

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Redressing Mining Legacies: The Case of the South African Mining ...

2014.10.10  The South African mining industry is challenged by the need to address a number of legacy issues that promote a “rear view mirror view” of the industry and fan discontent leading to potential policy change. This article considers how this industry can engage more constructively and proactively with its past by outlining the choices for an

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The plight of mining cities in South Africa: Planning for growth

2022.11.1  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, 19 have or ...

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South Africa’s Miners Addressing Climate Change Challenges BCG

2022.6.9  How South African Mining Can Address Climate Change Challenges. South African mining is facing increased pressure to address its environmental impact and carbon footprint, with roughly ZAR 264 billion annually in mining sales at risk from trade partners’ carbon-reduction commitments and reduced local demand. The trade risk from

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Devastated by Disease: How South Africa’s Mining Industry Was

2020.8.19  For decades, the mining industry, and workers like Vama, have contended with an unseen danger: tuberculosis—an infectious disease that is spread through the air. With 2,500-3,000 cases reported per 100,000 individuals, TB rates in the South Africa mining sector were 10 times higher than what the World Health Organization (WHO)

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Informal settlements and mine development:

This is the case for the South African mining towns of Gamagara, Ga-Segonyana, Lephalale, Matjhabeng, and Rustenburg regions, which were established in the early 1990s and experienced a sharp ...

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South African Mine Effluents: Heavy Metal

2018.3.16  Abstract and Figures. South Africa embarks on extensive mining activities, which consequently produce enormous quantities of toxic HMs1 that pollute the surroundings; subjecting the ecosystem to ...

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Human rights and the mining industry: managing the

2014.7.25  As people become ever more aware of what’s going on the world — including the impact of commercial activity on human rights — the expectations of society are inevitably rising.

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Environmental and economic-related impact assessment of iron

2020.10.1  Environmental impacts of iron mining and steel production are assessed by using LCA. • Toxicity is the most important problem. • South Africa and Canada have the highest UNI among iron/steel producing countries, respectively.. • Importing countries should take responsibility of generated impacts.

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The Economic and Environmental Effects of Coal Mining: South Africa

of 2021, the coal mining industry employed nearly 9,300 people in South Africa [18], and from 2002 to 2012, the employment rate of the coal mining industry increased by 75% [19]. Figure 4.

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Mining in Africa - World Bank

Contemporary Migration to South Africa: A Regional Development ... and Loren Landau * Light Manufacturing in Africa: Targeted Policies to Enhance Private Investment and Create Jobs, «L’industrie légère en Afrique : Politiques ... Policy Priorities for Addressing the Local Impacts of Mining 29 Notes 31 References 31 2 Local Impacts ...

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SA Mine 2022 Press release - PwC

2022.10.4  The South African economy was only 1.4% y-o-y larger in the first half of 2022 as a combination of local and international factors held back the pace of economic growth. These included the international economic and geopolitical fallout of the Ukraine conflict, COVID-19 lockdowns in China, floods in KwaZulu-Natal, and electricity load

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Perceptions of external costs of dust fallout from gold mine

This paper investigates the perceptions of society on the effect of gold production dust pollution in and around a gold mining village (hereinafter referred to as the "gold mining village") in South Africa. A mixed method was used, where a questionnaire and interviews were conducted to examine the gold mining village perceptions on dust ...

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South Africa - The World Factbook

2023.12.6  South Africa’s youthful population is gradually aging, as the country’s total fertility rate (TFR) has declined dramatically from about 6 children per woman in the 1960s to roughly 2.2 in 2014, and has remained at this level as of 2022. This pattern is similar to fertility trends in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and sets ...

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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EMPLOYMENT IN MINING

Some countries, like South Africa,6 initially ordered all underground mining activities to be placed on care and maintenance to protect workers. In other countries, like Poland, industries themselves temporarily closed underground mines to limit the spread of the virus after cases were confirmed at mine sites. Employment status affects job security

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