The frameworks governing small-scale sand mining in South Africa lack the necessary financial and human resource capacities to support better environmental compliance, and the enforcement mechanisms to successfully deter illegal activities are weak. Consequently, there has been a flurry of new entrants to the sector, creating a system fraught ...
This study aimed to assess the extent of river sand mining activities across some of the catchments in Limpopo province, South Africa and understand the sustainable extraction of sand resources. This was followed …
At the start of February 2022, South African sand mining association ASPASA made an unusual statement, one that challenges the conventional role of an industry membership body. It called for less mining. …
Coal mining in South Africa began around the same time as gold mining and is one of the country's most valuable commodities, accounting for 26 percent of mineral mining revenue in 2023.
A mining permit is valid for the period specified on the permit, but may not exceed two years. It may however be renewed for three more periods of no more than a year each. ... The South African Mineral Resources Administration System will inform you immediately if your application has been accepted (this means you have met all the requirements).
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It is estimated that globally 50 billion tons of coastal sand is mined and extracted every year, and 30 billion of that used in concrete, according to recent global analyses. Almost every …
East Africa, as one of the fastest urbanizing regions on the planet, has seen its share of adverse social and environmental consequences of uncontrolled sand mining. What is at stake?
Yet the mining industry contributes very little to African development. Investigating the impact of the 2003 Extractive Industries Review on a number of African countries, the contributors find that a key dimension of the problem lies in the regulatory frameworks imposed on African countries by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Kenya faces a scourge of illegal and unregulated sand mining, a crime which is leaving irreversible scars on ecosystems, lives and livelihoods. Sand mining has been driving inter-communal conflict and has ushered in a …
Africa is underexplored in part because mining authorities have inadequately managed geological data, and mining companies have considered much of the continent commercially risky.25 For example, a South African strategy to boost exploration cites poor policy implementation, insufficient electricity, strikes and community unrest, and poor geological …
About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activities are highly exposed to geogenic and anthropogenic potentially toxic elements ...
In more than 150 years of mining history, southern Africa has consistently been the dominant producer of the world's diamond supply (McKechnie, 2019), producing some of the world's largest and ...
About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activities are highly exposed to geogenic and anthropogenic potentially toxic elements ...
Mining exports by commodity, 2017 Contribution to mining value added, 2018 Contribution of SA's mining industry to GDP 7.3% Global leader in deep-level mining A number of the world's deepest mines are located in South Africa, which has led to the acquisition of unique deep-level mining expertise. AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng Mine
There is widespread illegal sand mining along the poverty-stricken Wild Coast of South Africa. •. The multiple jurisdictions of sand mining governance, ranging from national, provincial and …
In this study, we seek to provide an overview of illegal sand mining activities in Africa and point out in which African countries illegal sand mining is linked to nonviolent and violent conflict.
In Uganda, sand is intensely being mined from wetlands in the centre of the country. The mining efforts are driven by a booming construction industry. But locals and activists warn it is ...
Mining in Africa is growing rapidly in importance, in direct proportion to the need for minerals and resources found predominantly in Africa. With that growth has come, however, more illegal mining and increased deceptive involvement of major mining houses that use numerous techniques to minimise or even negate any tax liability arising in the ...
The mineral wealth of South Africa has been exploited by Homo sapiens for at least 40,000 years and has provided many and varied commodities including gold, platinum and diamonds. This chapter provides a historical perspective on minerals and mining mainly in South Africa, although it does occasionally stray across the borders into neighbouring countries.
Mining operations outside the U.S., in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, pose a different set of problems, although the market driver for sand worldwide is much the same–urbanization.
How sand mining is portrayed in South African media, emphasizing the geographical distribution of mentions and impacts across the country.
For example, in the recent African Mining Indaba, important environmental, mineral, and energy players discussed the use of waste as a fuel source as a stringent regulatory compliance in running mineral operations for a sustainable future in South Africa's mining businesses. However, implementing waste-to-energy systems is dangerous and ...
Mining in Africa| The African mining industry has made a significant contribution to the global economy, with metals and minerals playing a crucial role in the production of a wide range of products and services. In 2023, the mining sector in Africa faced several geological issues that impacted exploration, extraction, and overall operational ...
certain environmental aspects of sand mining. The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) has national jurisdiction over the regulation of sand mining. The key national statute, the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 (MPRDA), places all mineral resources in South Africa, including natural sand, under the custodianship of the ...
The frameworks governing small-scale sand mining in South Africa lack the necessary resources to support better environmental compliance, and the enforcement mechanisms to successfully deter illegal activities are weak. Existing policy and management responses lack the urgency needed to avert the irreversible destruction of these riverine ...
West Africa was one of the world's greatest producers of gold in the Middle Ages. Trade in the metal went back to antiquity but when the camel caravans of the Sahara linked North Africa to the savannah interior, the trade really took off. A succession of great African empires rose off the back of the gold trade as salt, ivory, and slaves were just some of the commodities …
Beach sand mining, South Africa. "Sand is the second most consumed natural resource, after water. The construction-building industry is by far the largest consumer of this finite resource. The traditional building of one average-sized house requires 200 tons of sand; a hospital requires 3,000 tons of sand; each kilometer of highway built ...
The mining sector is governed by various legislations, the primary being mining laws and regulations. Besides the mining laws, there are other laws that are relevant in the governance of the mining sector and these include environmental laws, Footnote 13 taxation laws, Footnote 14 land laws Footnote 15 and employment laws among others. In this section, …
An increasing number of African governments now require mining companies to propose plans to uplift and enhance the lives of the people of the host country. The ambition to increase in-country beneficiation of ore, has also …
Artisanal and small-scale mining is a key issue that is not usually included in discussions of mining closure and rehabilitation. However, the practice of "invasion" of derelict and ownerless mines and the unregulated mining practices that then follow should be of keen interest to the state. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy