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Mineral Mining in Africa | Legal and Fiscal …
The African mining sector has witnessed a revolution in terms of new mining codes and amendments to extant mining codes, which are designed to achieve a multitude of objectives, including the assertion of greater control …
Africa's growing illegal mining: Financial drain and …
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 ...
Invest in Africa: Why and How Mining is a Good …
However, Western countries are looking for alternative suppliers to reduce their reliance on China, which presents investment opportunities in Africa. The mining industry in Africa is uncovering rich deposits of REE in …
The conflict potential of sand: Illegal sand mining …
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.
The conflict potential of sand: Illegal sand mining on the …
We describe in which African country's sand was mined illegally between 1990 and 2021 and where nonviolent and violent conflicts occurred in this context. We provide brief …
Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand
Yet sand mining is the world's largest extraction industry because sand is a main ingredient in concrete, and the global construction industry has been soaring for decades.
Regulation of Mining in Africa | SpringerLink
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, …
MINE CLOSURE AND REHABILITATION IN SOUTH …
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
Minerals and Mining in South Africa | SpringerLink
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.
Investing in South Africa's Mining and Mineral …
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
Sand mining governance in post-apartheid South Africa: …
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 …
Sand mining: how it impacts the environment and solutions …
Demand for sand mining for construction materials has tripled in the past two decades, reaching 50 billion tonnes a year. Urgent action is needed to avoid a "sand crisis", says the United Nations Environment Programme.
Mining industry in South Africa
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.
Requirements for setting up a mine in Africa
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 …
Child Labor in African Mines: Where Are We Now?
Mining is one of the most hazardous forms of child labor. It is physically dangerous and strenuous, exposes children to unstable underground heavy equipment and structures, toxic and explosive chemicals, and heat. ... If African children are to develop into adults with the capacity to drive Africa's transformation and to escape the cycle of ...
Go-ahead for mining on ten West Coast …
Beach and dune sand mining, South Africa. ©Photo courtesy of: "Sand Wars" Multi Award-Winning Filmmaker: Denis Delestrac (©-2013). Excerpts; South Africa's Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has dismissed …
Mining and extractives / Kenya's sand cartels
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 …
Mining and sustainable development goals in Africa
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 ...
What can be done about West Africa's Disappearing …
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 …
Sand mining deteriorates soil fertility and farming
In Accra, Ghana, sand mining occurs predominantly on farmlands at the city's periphery. We selected three study communities to assess the effects of sand mining on …
Grains of greed: illegal sand mining in Kenya | ENACT Africa
Those who support the illegal sand mining feel they are entitled to the resource and see it as a godsend that will pull them out of poverty and hopelessness. Some women with no other sources of income have been indirectly driven into commercial work to serve the sand workers at the mining sites. Children are also used for labour in sand ...
Uganda: Sand mining sparks fear and debate
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 ...
New Mining Projects in Africa| Mine Project Info
New African mining projects had been listed on AMIQ (Africa Mining IQ) for the 2023 calendar year. You, and your company representatives, can receive email alerts when there are new mining projects in Africa. You can also have the ability to view comprehensive details about these brand new mining projects.
Sand from South Africa
How sand mining is portrayed in South African media, emphasizing the geographical distribution of mentions and impacts across the country.
Triple Win: How Mining Can Benefit Africa's Citizens, Their …
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 …
New research: Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa
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 ...
Shifting grounds
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?
Mining in Africa 2024: Strategies to address persistent …
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 ...
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in sub-Saharan Africa…
In sub-Saharan Africa, the informal sector reigns. Since Hart (1973) coined the phrase in the early-1970s, countless assessments have emerged which paint a comprehensive picture of the region's fragmented labour markets and structures. The broad consensus is that the informal sector employs an estimated three-quarters of the active working population of sub …