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This case study focuses on the costs of the environmental and social effects of coal mining in South Africa, undertaken for export to the Netherlands. Coal mining imposes many external costs on its surroundings and the people who live in it. Some of these can be quantified by estimates, others are difficult to estimate. Coal mining is
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Sep 05, 2022· Lochner Marais is Professor of Development Studies at the Centre for Development Support and Associate to the Chair on City-Region Economics at the University of the Free State, South Africa. He is also Adjunct Honorary Professor at the Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. He is the co …
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Jun 24, 2021· 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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Jan 21, 2021· According to the Minerals Council South Africa 2018 Fact Sheet, the number of women working in the mining industry has increased significantly in the past 15 years, from about 11 400 in 2002 to 54 154 in 2018. It is further reported that women employees occupy an average of 16% of top management positions in the mining industry, 17% of …
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Jun 01, 2021· In South Africa, mining legislation prescribes collaboration. The Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA, 2002) requires that a mining company submits a Social and Labour Plan (SLP) as part of the company's application for a mining licence. In turn, SLPs must align with local five-year strategic plans called …
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Jul 20, 2016· Ghana passed the Children's Act in 1998 to protect and improve the welfare of children. Under Section 91 of the act, labor is exploitative of a child if it deprives him or her of education, health, or development. The minimum age for a person to work in hazardous places is 18 years. Yet the act does not include a detailed procedure for ...
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May 20, 2019· 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 homes and ...
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Sep 05, 2022· This book investigates the relationship between mining, mine closure and housing policy in post-apartheid South Africa, using concepts from new institutional economics and evolutionary governance theory. Mine closures present a major challenge to the mining industry and governments, with this being particularly noticeable in the Global …
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Oct 19, 2022· Dublin, Oct. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Service Activities Incidental to Mining of Minerals in South Africa 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets's offering. This report on service activities incidental to mining of minerals in South Africa covers various services to mining companies such as site …
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Dec 17, 2018· 1. Introduction. The South African mining industry (SAMI) is a significant contributor to the economy of the country but faces sustainability, occupational health, and safety challenges, .The SAMI is traditionally labor intensive and takes place in difficult conditions, .In addition, the SAMI has residual problems faced by mine workers, relating …
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Sep 29, 2015· Corporate Social Responsibility in South Africa's Mining Industry: An Assessment. Image: Wikimedia Commons, FIFTY. The corporate social responsibility (CSR) agenda has been a part of the global debate on socio-economic development for many decades. Countless claims have been made that CSR can contribute towards …
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Jan 30, 2017· Mining Companies are Taking CSR Seriously. The activities of mining companies often affect the communities in which they operate, and these companies have an obligation to deal with negative repercussions while they are busy with operations, …
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South African Mining. Most of modern-day South Africa's economic activity has been focused on mining activities. In 2018 alone, the industry made a contribution of $349.42 billion to the country's GDP. The main mining sectors in South Africa are coal, platinum, gold, and diamonds. Get Price; South Africa Cultural life Britannica
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Jun 09, 2022· 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 ...
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Nov 08, 2016· Despite this abundance in natural mineral resources, South African mining faces a systemic crisis. Local gold production has collapsed from 605 tonnes in 1994 to 133 tonnes (22% of it) in 2014, despite a 218% boom in the gold price during this time and South African gold reserves still ranked No 1 internationally (by value US$151bn).
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Apr 04, 2020· Apr 4, 2020. The mining industry in South Africa is complex and extensively governed by legislation and controlled by regulation, yet still, there are several issues likely to raise challenges in 2020. These include proposed amendments to the regulations published in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 …
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