Conflict gold in Africa - from Mali to Darfur. Howard, the largest gold refiner in South Africa, said on Monday that gold mining companies could play a role to ensure that the work done by the mines did not undermine the security of a country. "It's important that African gold is not stigmatised and confused with conflict gold.
Read MoreGold Mining South Africa High Resolution Stock . Feb. 29, 2012 - Gold Mines OF South Africa: Panoramic view of a modern gold mining complex on the West Rand, about 40 miles from Johannesburg. The picture shows modern concrete headgears, rock dumps, a reduction plant and, in the foreground, a tribal dance arena for Bantu employees.
Read More2019-10-29 with information on conflict events at spatial resolution of 0.5 o × 0.5 o for all of Africa between 1997 and 2010. Exploiting exogenous vari-ations in world prices, we find a positive impact of mining on conflict at the local level. Quantitatively, our estimates suggest that the his-torical rise in mineral prices (commodity super-cycle) might explain
Read More2013-4-7 CONFLICT ON SOUTH AFRICAN MINES, 1972-1979* I Between October 1972 and December 1979 a series of 81 incidents of resistance occurred on South African mines, many of them violent, in which 205 workers died and 1 168 were injured. These events took place in almost every mining region in the
Read More2021-6-20 South Africa - South Africa - Diamonds, gold, and imperialist intervention (1870–1902): South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended.
Read More2001-9-22 In the case of South Africa, the IMF apparently felt that the super-exploitation of the Azanian people served this purpose. One of the major guarantees for South Africa's debt is its gold reserves. South Africa's gold is brokered through banks in Zurich, Switzerland, as well as London, England, and also through the sale of Kruggerrands.
Read MoreFeb. 29, 2012 - Gold Mines OF South Africa: Panoramic view of a modern gold mining complex on the West Rand, about 40 miles from Johannesburg. The picture shows modern concrete headgears, rock dumps, a reduction plant and, in the foreground, a tribal dance arena for Bantu employees. Houses for Bantu employees are also in the foreground.
Read MoreAlmost 90 miners were rescued and three were still missing after a cave-in at a gold mine in northeastern South Africa on Friday, the firm that owns the mine said. The collapse at the mine's main entrance trapped 87 workers underground, all of whom were rescued, Vantage Goldfields said in a statement.
Read More'South African War ( a.k.a. the Anglo-Boer War) remains the most terrible and destructive modern armed conflict in South Africa’s history. It was an event that in many ways shaped the history of 20th Century South Africa. The end of the war marked the end of the long process of British conquest of South
Read More2017-2-8 This study also intends to analyse the current nature of conflict in post-apartheid South Africa such as; black on black, political assassinations and taxi violence. Although the nature of violent conflict in South Africa has transformed since post-apartheid, ostensibly, these conflicts are nevertheless rooted in
Read MoreRecruitment for gold mining A century of migrant labour in the gold mines of South Africa by J.S. Harington* N.D. McGlashan and E.Z. Chelkowska‡ Synopsis Our purpose is to record and to explain the widely changing numbers of the huge total of black workers on the gold mines of South Africa over the century from 1896 to
Read More2014-3-6 South Africa provides some of the most severe recent examples of the consequences of failing to proactively engage at an early stage. This requires the right kind of engagement mechanisms to be put in place, including stakeholder mapping,
Read More2017-6-19 Conflict: A Reality on Gold Mines BJ Erasmus, PA Grobler, M du Plessis DepartmenJ of Business Economics University of South Africa Introduction Conflict is an extremely complex phenomenon arising from an intricate matrix of interrelated causes. Handling conflict in an enterprise, especially on a gold mine, is not an easy task.
Read More2013-4-7 CONFLICT ON SOUTH AFRICAN MINES, 1972-1979* I Between October 1972 and December 1979 a series of 81 incidents of resistance occurred on South African mines, many of them violent, in which 205 workers died and 1 168 were injured. These events took place in almost every mining region in the
Read MoreCoal burning from power stations for generating electricity is responsible for high levels of air pollution in South Africa (Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism 2005) and has caused a great hazard to human health and the South African environment in
Read MoreSouth Africa has produced around 1.5 billion ounces of gold, just over a third of all mined gold in the world, but much of it came from rich seams of gold near the surface, which are now largely exhausted.A blistering rally in gold prices has sparked a new gold rush in South Africa as mining firms seek to exploit a huge stash of underground ...
Read MoreFeb. 29, 2012 - Gold Mines OF South Africa: Panoramic view of a modern gold mining complex on the West Rand, about 40 miles from Johannesburg. The picture shows modern concrete headgears, rock dumps, a reduction plant and, in the foreground, a tribal dance arena for Bantu employees. Houses for Bantu employees are also in the foreground.
Read More2017-2-8 Conflict Transformation in Post-apartheid South Africa From 1994 - 2013 By Redempta Kokusiima Rwebangira (B. Soc Scie Government, Business Ethics, B. SocScie (Hons) International Relations) Being a research paper submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Social Science in Conflict Transformation and Peace
Read More2015-6-3 Conflict Minerals Forum, held May 12-13 in Washington, DC, and has been ... Over 50% of the mines in the eastern DRC are controlled by armed groups, 1. who demand taxes, bribes or other payments for the minerals extracted from the ... well as gold, and these minerals have helped to fund the continued fighting in the region for years. *
Read MoreRadiological hazards associated with exposure to Naturally Occurring Radionuclides Materials from gold mine tailings in the province of Gauteng in South Africa were evaluated. A comparison was made with soil samples from a control area. In this study, gamma spectroscopy was used to measure the activity concentrations of these radionuclides in 56 soil samples from the mine tailings and 10 soil ...
Read More2014-3-6 South Africa provides some of the most severe recent examples of the consequences of failing to proactively engage at an early stage. This requires the right kind of engagement mechanisms to be put in place, including stakeholder mapping,
Read More2017-6-19 Conflict: A Reality on Gold Mines BJ Erasmus, PA Grobler, M du Plessis DepartmenJ of Business Economics University of South Africa Introduction Conflict is an extremely complex phenomenon arising from an intricate matrix of interrelated causes. Handling conflict in an enterprise, especially on a gold mine, is not an easy task.
Read More2014-10-1 The gold deposits at Obuasi are part of a prominent gold belt comprised of Proterozoic (Birimian) volcano-sedimentary and igneous formations which extend for a distance of approximately 300 km in a north-east/south-west orientation in Southwestern Ghana . AngloGold Ashanti's operation in Obuasi is primarily underground, although some surface ...
Read More2021-6-20 South Africa - South Africa - Diamonds, gold, and imperialist intervention (1870–1902): South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended.
Read MoreAfrica’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector has development potential. At their peak in 2017 these mines in Niger employed as many as 600 000 people and created opportunities for local infrastructural development. But these prospects are
Read MoreFeb. 29, 2012 - Gold Mines OF South Africa: Panoramic view of a modern gold mining complex on the West Rand, about 40 miles from Johannesburg. The picture shows modern concrete headgears, rock dumps, a reduction plant and, in the foreground, a tribal dance arena for Bantu employees. Houses for Bantu employees are also in the foreground.
Read MoreBy 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 control workers, keep wages very low, and gain immense profits from the diamonds and gold
Read MoreAccording to Gilliomee and Mbenga (2007), the Anglo-Boer War (or South African War) remains the most terrible and destructive modern armed conflict in South Africa’s history. It was an event that in many ways shaped the history of 20th Century South Africa.
Read MoreRadiological hazards associated with exposure to Naturally Occurring Radionuclides Materials from gold mine tailings in the province of Gauteng in South Africa were evaluated. A comparison was made with soil samples from a control area. In this study, gamma spectroscopy was used to measure the activity concentrations of these radionuclides in 56 soil samples from the mine tailings and 10 soil ...
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