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As of January 2025, there are 561 mines in South Africa, all of them listed on Africa Mining IQ. South Africa is a mineral-rich country and listed as the largest producers of platinum (1st), coal (3rd), gold (6th) and diamonds (7th). South …
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Mines and Migrants in South Africa By ROBERT E. B. LUCAS* Between 1971 and 1978, wages of more than one-half million nonwhite laborers in the South African mines tripled in real terms. In …
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The South African mining industry has been one of the most productive on the continent. It is now in its death throes, leaving behind 6,000 abandoned mines, mine workers without work and …
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