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 earnings. Platinum, coal and gold are the three largest mining exports. In 2018, the mining industry contributed R93bn ...
Mining industry in Africa
Find the most important statistics and facts on the mining industry in Africa. ... In 2021, South Africa's estimated production of platinum totaled 130 metric tons.
South Africa: mining revenue 2013-2023 | Statista
In 2023, the total revenue of South Africa's mining industry was 654 billion South African rand (around 34.8 billion U.S. dollars). The mining industry in South Africa has seen a doubling of its ...
South Africa's Miners Addressing Climate Change Challenges
Two of the four most significant minerals in South Africa's commodity footprint are at risk of reduced demand in the future: thermal coal and platinum group metals (PGM—platinum, palladium, rhodium). In terms of sales volume, thermal coal and PGMs are the largest mining sectors in South Africa, accounting for ~50% of total sales in mining ...
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 ...
FACTS 2020
Statistics allow us to fulfil our mandate as the voice of the mining industry in South Africa. They also allow us to accurately represent the wider impact of mining on the country …
The South African mining sector
The main explanation for the collapse of gold mining in South Africa is margin squeeze as a result of cost increases at depth. Costs have increased because the country's research, development, technology and innovative systems and institutions, which historically continuously pushed and expanded the limits of knowledge in domestic …
Mining and Minerals in South Africa | The Oxford Handbook of the South
Prior to 1994 she worked in various universities in Africa and the United States. She is a member of the National Minimum Wage Commission. Her research and publications centre on industrial policy and value chain analysis, and on socio-economic challenges facing South Africa, especially employment creation and inequality.
Mining Charter: Broad-Based Socio-Economic …
the mining and minerals sector, which dominated the South African political and socio-economic order, brought about inequalities in the mining industry. To redress these historic inequalities, and thus give effect to section 9 (equality clause) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act 108 of 1996) ("Constitution"), the
South Africa: employees in mining, by region 2023
Number of people employed in the mining industry in South Africa in the third quarter of 2022 and 2023, by region (in 1,000s) [Graph], Statistics South Africa, November 14, 2023. [Online].
Facts & Figures Pocketbook 2022
Facts & Figures Pocketbook 2022. The Minerals Council South Africa today launched its comprehensive statistical reference guide to the South African mining sector, the Facts & Figures Pocketbook 2022. Hosting a media briefing at the Mining Indaba, the Minerals Council outlined the key issues that affected the mining industry in 2022, and …
2020 Trafficking in Persons Report
As of December 2019, Egypt, Bangladesh, and South Africa had conducted such on-site court martial proceedings. ... agriculture, forestry, mining, construction, or other sectors); sexual slavery in government camps, compounds, or outposts; or employing or recruiting child soldiers. ...
A history of mining in South Africa (ZA)
A history of mining in South Africa. M ining in South Africa has been a contentious issue since 15-year-old Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs discovered South Africa's first diamond, the Eureka, in Hopetown in 1867. It kickstarted what historians call the Mineral Revolution, which made few European opportunists wealthy beyond measure, and saw …
Mining: Production and sales (Preliminary)
Private Bag X44, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, ISIbalo House, Koch Street, Salvokop, Pretoria, 0002, [email protected], Tel +27 12 310 8911 STATISTICAL RELEASE P2041 Mining: Production and sales ... Mining production decreased by 6,2% year-on-year in January 2021. The largest negative contributors were:
Mining in SA
In 2018 the mining sector contributed R351 billion to the South African gross domestic product (GDP) A total of 456,438 people were employed in the mining sector in 2018. Each person employed in the mining sector …
mining | Search Results | Statistics South Africa
MEDIA RELEASE 29 March 2017 Mining industry, 2015 Statistics South Africa presents the Mining industry, 2015 results. Income The total income for the …
Facts and figures
The Minerals Council South Africa today launched Facts and Figures 2022, its comprehensive statistical reference guide to the South African mining industry. Mining continues to play a significant role in …
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 used in the ...
Four facts about the mining industry (2019) | Statistics …
In the third of four detailed industry reports released this month, Stats SA takes a deep dive into the mining industry. The report, which covers the results of a census conducted in 2019, provides …
South Africa's mining output falls further below pre-pandemic levels
As a result, mine output and sales for the 12 months to May 2023 were down 4.6% and 4.2%, respectively, compared to the same period a year earlier, new data from the Minerals Council of South ...
Platinum records for South African mines – The Mail & Guardian
Notably, Sibanye's net earnings for its South Africa-based PGM operations increased to R29-billion, up from just R8.8-billion in 2019. And Impala Platinum's reported headline earnings of R16.1 ...
Minerals | Statistics South Africa
In the third of four detailed industry reports released this month, Stats SA takes a deep dive into the mining industry. The report, which covers the results of a …
FACTS 2020
in taxes to South Africa contributed R371.9 BILLION to GDP Credible statistics allow us to fulfill our mandate as the voice of the mining industry in South Africa. THE MINING SECTOR IN 2021 MINERALS COUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA FACTS AND FIGURES 2020 Page 2 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13
Mining: Production and sales (Preliminary)
Private Bag X44, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, ISIbalo House, Koch Street, Salvokop, Pretoria, 0002, [email protected], Tel +27 12 310 8911 STATISTICAL RELEASE P2041 Mining: Production and sales ... Mining production increased by 21,9% year-on-year in May 2021. The largest positive contributors were:
Mining Sector Report 2022
difficult for mining companies to invest in new technology and equipment, as the unreliable power supply makes it difficult to plan for the future. With high employment numbers, the mining sector in South Africa is a key socio-economic contributor.2 However, over the past 26 years, there has been a steep decline in the number of
SA Mine 2023 (15th edition)
As of 30 June 2023, there are seven iron ore mines operated by three different companies. The total reserve for these mines equates to 696.48Mt. At current production rates, this translates roughly into 13 years left of iron ore mining in South Africa. Of the total reserves detailed above, roughly 80% can be attributed to only two mines.
Hazards identified and the need for health risk assessment in the South
There is a number of hazards associated with mining of minerals in South Africa. For example, mining of Mn, a well-established neurotoxin 29 may cause pulmonary emboli, bronchitis and impotence; symptoms of chronic Mn toxicity have also been observed in children living in areas around open Mn mines, where environmental exposure to Mn …
WOMEN IN MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA
The impact of modernisation – women and the future of mining As the mining industry – in South Africa and globally – moves into the future, it is increasingly clear that the move to modernisation is critical. As mining becomes more mechanised, physical strength and stamina will become less important than fine
MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CHALLENGES AND THE …
First net loss -$27bn (2014: $50bn profit). Gearing increased to 46% (2014: 38%). Miners have impaired 32% of capex 2010-15. Market capitalization fell to $494bn (end 2014: $791bn) – back to pre-GFC levels. Mining companies are focused on cost cutting, productivity improvement, capital discipline and adjustment.
statsictis in south africa
Research and Markets: South Africa Gold Mining Market … Nov 06, 2012 · "South Africa Gold Mining Market Overview and Forecast to 2020: ... Historical chart data and daily updates provided by Commodity Systems, Inc. (CSI).