The contribution to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is one commonly used as an indicator of socio-economic impact. In the South African context …
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THE IMPACT OF THE MINERAL REVOLUTION, 1870-1936 In concluding chapter three the opinion was given that the development of a particular Black perception of South African history was directly linked to the writer's current situation. By their references to the early phases of colonization through to the Great Trek and its after
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As one of South Africa's leading economic historians, Hobart Houghton noted, South African mining has always been an epic of applied science. Professor …
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Abstract I exploit the unexpected increase in employment in 1975, 1976, and 1977 in the South African homelands to compare the long-term adult outcomes of children whose fathers benefited from the employment increase to those who did not. Using a standard difference-in-difference approach, I find that the shock affected males who were either …
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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 sector was liable for 6 percent of the tax imposed in 2014. Although quarrying employs about 500,000 people, it accounts for barely 5% of the country's employment.
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South African mining companies are also not an exception in being slow to embrace the human-centred approach to modernisation, as is also implied by Hattingh et al. (2010). The mining industry around the world generally neglects the socio-economic effects of some of these initiatives. ... The positive impact would be from improved reduction in ...
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Mining made Johannesburg 'the city of gold' and has since been the main driving force behind the history and the economic development of Johannesburg and South Africa as a whole (Gass, 2012). A century of gold mining has had many positive impacts on the South African economy; some individuals and companies have become remarkably wealthy ...
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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
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The Power of Mining to Transform Development in Africa. February 11, 2015. Anita Marangoly George, Senior Director of the World Bank Group's Global Practice on Energy and Extractive Industries Investing in African Mining Indaba Cape Town, South Africa. As Prepared for Delivery. Good afternoon and thank you for this opportunity to …
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Information was collected from 690 residents in different local mining communities of four provinces in South Africa. The study indicated positive impacts and benefits to the community from the mining operations in their areas, including increased direct and indirect employment and improved quality of life. ... The impact of mining on …
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South Africa Department of Minerals and Energy (2007). South Africa is estimated, by the US Geological Survey, to have 6000 metric tons of gold reserves. A full 95% of South Africa's gold mines are underground operations, reaching depths of over 2.5 miles. Coupled with declining grades, increased depth of mining, and a slide in the
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Information was collected from 690 residents in different local mining communities of four provinces in South Africa. The study indicated positive impacts …
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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 ...
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The development of many Southern African countries is inextricably linked to the mining sector. For example, South Africa's Johannesburg-Pretoria metropolitan area, a regional economic and financial hub, developed because of the local gold supply in the …
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South African mining companies are also not an exception in being slow to embrace the human-centred approach to modernisation, as is also implied by Hattingh et al. (2010). …
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> 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 …
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Mining activities in South Africa's rural areas tend to occur at the expense of local communities and the environment. Shutterstock. Some of the most profitable South African mines are situated ...
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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.
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Contacts. Why gold mining matters. The gold mining industry has played a significant role in the historical development of South Africa and continues to play an important role today, not only on a macro-economic level but on local and community levels too. This is despite the country's gold mining production having declined in recent years.
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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.
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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, through their …
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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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Employment, investment and legislation. The South African mining industry has consistently increased the size of its workforce, from 406,994 in 2001 to 453,543 in 2018. This has led to a parallel increase in the tax paid by mining companies to the national government, from $1.21bn in 2010 to $1.56bn in 2018, according to the country's ...
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Also for the sanitation categories, the establishment of a mining project had a positive impact as seen in the longitudinal analyses ... Denoon-Stevens S. Informal settlements and mine development: reflections from South Africa's periphery. J South Afr Inst Min Metall. 2018;118(10):1103–11.
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There are however some social negative impacts associated with mining including violence, child labour, escalation of gender inequalities, health and environmental effects including deforestation and pollution. In …
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In Mali, the. relationship is reversed, with migrants having better access. District-level analysis shows. very small insignificant effects on access to electricity in mining districts in all ...
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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 the global map with the world's first heart transplant in 1967, but South African mining engineering had long since already been on that map.
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The positive impact on income has also a high frequency (reported in 15 out of 50 studies). From Fig. 2 also emerges that some impacts ... An input-output analysis of the impact of mining on the South African economy. Resour. Policy, 26 (2000), p. 1. Google Scholar. Switzer, 2001.
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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 …
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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 ...
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