39;Gold had first been found by a hunter in 1834 in the Witwatersrand region of north-central South Africa, but in 1886 alluvial deposits led to the discovery of large and
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South Africa''s illegal mines: BBC uncovers child abuse
2025519;Inside South Africa''s ''ruthless'' gang-controlled gold mines The authorities had been trying to curb illegal mining, which the government said cost South Africa''s economy
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South Africa: Overcoming Apartheid
By the end of the 19th century, all the indigenous peoples of South Africa had lost their political and economic independence. Racist laws enabled the white-owned mining companies to
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Topic 6 Contextual Overview
2020920;The Uitlanders that invested into the diamond mining industry and gold mining industry were referred to as the Randlords. N.D. & Chelkowska, E.Z.: “A Century of Migrant
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Cornish Miners and the Witwatersrand Gold Mines in South
2 to begin mass production of gold. While some of these miners were already in South Africa at work on the diamond fields of Kimberley or copper mines in the Northern Cape, they mostly
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A Perspective on the South African Mining Industry in the
The discovery of world-class diamond and gold deposits in the latter half of the 19th century laid the foundations for transformation of South Africa from an essentially agricultural to a modern
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Top 10 Mining Companies in Africa
813;From the diamond-rich mines of Southern Africa to the vast reserves of gold found in West Africa, the continent has been a cornerstone of global mineral mining and trade
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Diamond exploration and mining in southern Africa: Some
A mega-placer is a diamond deposit that holds at least 50 million carats with 95% or higher of gem quality (Bluck, Ward, and de Wit, 2005), acknowledged examples being the west coast
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SA’s critical minerals’ exploration under the spotlight
2025520;South Africa must push its global minerals exploration quantum by up to 5% from around 1% currently. A miner sits on a wall as a giant excavator drives past at a mine.
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Digging deep : a history of mining in South Africa, 1852-2002
It was the discovery and exploitation of, first, diamonds in 1870 and then gold in 1886 that proved to be the catalyst to the greatest mineral revolution the world has ever known, which
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Mining in SA
Economic activity in modern-day South Africa has been centred on mining activities, their ancillary services and supplies. The country’s stock exchange in Johannesburg was established in
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UNTAPPED RICHES: Gold & Diamond MINING in the 19th Century
The historical background of diamond mining in South Africa during the 19th century is closely intertwined with the rise of the diamond industry and the discovery of diamonds in the country.
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South-African-Mines
Diamond and gold production may now be well down from their peaks, though South Africa is still no. 2 in gold but South Africa remains a cornucopia of mineral riches. It is the world''s largest
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A century of migrant labour in the gold mines of South Africa
John Lang’s authoritative history of The Chamber of Mines in South Africa2. The discovery of diamonds in 1867 gave black men chances of entering the growing cash economy, as before
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Why diamond mining matters
The diamond mining industry has played a significant role in the historical and industrial development of South Africa and continues to play an important role today, not only on a
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Randlord
The Randlords (Afrikaans: randhere) were the capitalists who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa from the 1870s to the First World War.. A small number of
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Project. Find out more about gold and diamond mining in South Africa
Soon European migrants began mining of gold and diamonds in South Africa, when from 1886 onwards, the mining business became highly profitable. This can be attested by the data that
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Brief history of diamond mining in South Africa
Where diamonds are found and mined in South Africa; South African diamond mining today; The diamond mining life cycle; People of diamonds; The big finds; Jobs in diamond mining ; Brief
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Diamonds
Diamond mining in South Africa. The underground mining and recovery of diamonds continues to this day in the vicinity of Kimberley, the site of the early main discoveries in the 19 th century.
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Who owns South African diamond mines?
2024621;Which companies still control the gold and diamond mines in South Africa? The De Beers Diamond Consortium, a South African-British corporation, is a major player in the
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A century of migrant labour in the gold mines of South Africa
John Lang’s authoritative history of The Chamber of Mines in South Africa2. The discovery of diamonds in 1867 gave black men chances of entering the growing cash economy, as before
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