African Mining Conference | 9-12 Feb 2026 | Cape …

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The impact of mining induced urbanization : a case …

A CASE STUDY OF KATHU IN SOUTH AFRICA Fidelis EMUZE1 and Cornel HAUPTFLEISCH2 1, 2Department of Built Environment, Central University of Technology, Free State ... South …

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Mining Indaba: Industry demands sweeping …

Private sector engineers aided the recovery, before blackouts once more crippled business in Cape Town on the eve of the Indaba. South Africa's mining industry supports 90 renewable energy ...

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Normalising mining company towns in Emalahleni, South Africa

Company towns are familiar in South Africa. Indwe, established in 1895, was South Africa's first company town (Mabin, 1993), and company towns like Lime Acres and Ulco still …

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Economic Sustainability of Small Mining Towns: A Case …

A small mining town in South Africa is the case study. Legislative and policy frameworks were scrutinized for their effectiveness in promoting economic sustainability. In-depth interviews with …

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Mapping and classification of mining host …

This paper seeks to contribute to the growing body of work on mining and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by providing a foundation for understanding and delineating mining host communities. It uses South Africa …

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South Africa: From Township to Town

Soweto itself is not a unitary place but an abbreviation for South Western Townships, a collection of over 25 townships bordering Johannesburg's mining belt to the south, ... but day-to-day experience often says otherwise. South …

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Mining and community in South Africa: From small town to …

The content provides a critical analysis of the mining sector and current realities experienced in South Africa, and progresses interdisciplinarily to conclude on governance, environmental, …

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Public health and mining in East and Southern Africa: A …

The mining industry is a critical contributor to economic growth in East and Southern Africa (ESA), providing incomes and employment. However, mining also imposes health consequences for …

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Assessing coal mine closures and mining …

The coal industry in Mpumalanga accounts for 87% of South Africa's total coal production (Cole et al., 2023), approximately 86% of coal industry employment (see discussion below), and 53 out of ...

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Where diamonds are found and mined in South …

These kimberlites in ancient, vertically-dipping volcanic pipes are the primary sources of South Africa's diamonds most of which were initially suitable for open-cast mining. The first diamonds were found at the future site of the Big Hole on …

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environment through mining and processing of metal sulphide ores, but also through weathering, erosion and transportation, e.g.: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa • Also, As is …

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Mapping and classification of mining host communities: A …

This paper has given a brief history of large-scale mining of the major commodities and has mapped and classified 84 mining host communities across South Africa. These cities, …

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Brakpan | Gauteng, Gold Mining, Suburbs | Britannica

Brakpan, town, Gauteng province, South Africa, east of Johannesburg.It is part of the mining and industrial complex of the East Rand area within the Witwatersrand.The area, first named in …

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South Africa's illegal 'zama-zama' mining …

South Africa's mining industry has long been a major source of employment for both locals and foreign nationals ... but not the "kingpins living in the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg and Cape Town ...

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Mining towns and urban sprawl in South Africa

Mining towns are a common phenomenon in South Africa. Historically, housing in these towns consisted of privately owned houses (exclusively for white miners, until the mid …

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Barberton

The old mining town of Barberton is nestled along South Africa's 10th World Heritage Site, the Makhonjwa Mountains in the De Kaap Valley of Mpumalanga, in South Africa. Its lush landscape of jacaranda and indigenous trees once …

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Informal settlements and mine development: Reflections from South …

The most direct government response to housing miners in South Africa came when government introduced the Strategy for the Revitalisation of Mining Towns (Tshangana, 2015). This …

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The changing nature of mining towns: Reflections from

Request PDF | The changing nature of mining towns: Reflections from Australia, Canada and South Africa | Mining companies worldwide have been prime movers in the …

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Springs

It was founded as a coal and gold mining town in 1904, but its History can be traced back to the second half of the 19th Century. From about 1840 farmers moved into the Area and declared Farms for themselves, especially after the …

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South Africa

South Africa Trust Certificate from Joseph Benjamin Robinson and Charles Follet Carrington and Arthur Hutton. Price €35.00. Trust Certificate of 95 certificates - 1905. Issued to Gustave Bonduelle (Concarneau, Brittany) ... South Africa The …

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Springs

Today Springs has become a regional economic hub, with mining replaced by manufacturing and engineering industries, such as chemicals, processed metals and foodstuffs, including the only …

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A history of mining in South Africa

Mining 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. ... Johannesburg's large gold deposits that ran for miles …

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Radioactive city: how Johannesburg's townships are paying …

Plaatjies is one of tens of thousands in Johannesburg's impoverished townships who are paying a high cost for the city's rich mining past. More than 600 abandoned mines surround South …

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Measuring the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in mining …

To contribute to assessing the well-being of mine communities across South Africa, the authors previously outlined South Africa's mining history and identified and mapped all …

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Black Mountain Mining – Vedanta Zinc …

BMM is located in the mining town of Aggeneys which was founded in 1976 to service the mine. The town is located in the Khâi-Ma municipal area of the Namakwa District in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Gamsberg is located in …

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South Africa's Toxic Villages: Coal Mining's Hidden Crisis

This is coal's excoriating grip in South Africa. The Mpumalanga Highveld reveals one of Earth's most industrialized coal zones where 84 operational mines ravage both land and …

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MINING AND COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA PAST …

mineral mined falls. At a certain point costs exceed income and industrial mining is no longer possible. At this stage many mines (6 000) become ownerless, derelict and abandoned. Mining …

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Mining towns and urban sprawl in South Africa

Since the demise of apartheid, South African government policy for these towns has promoted integrated mining communities and homeownership. The government's urban policy aims to densify the country's urban areas, …

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A Perspective on the South African Mining Industry in …

the University of Cape Town in association with Genesis Analytics. The bulk of the work was completed in February 2000. August 2000 Project director: Nick Segal (Director, Graduate …

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