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Communities Around Mines In South Africa

Home - Sedibelo Platinum Mines Limited

Sedibelo Platinum Mines Ltd (SPM – previously Platmin), is a public (unlisted) company incorporated in Guernsey. Its Platinum Group Metals (PGM) operating business, Pilanesberg Platinum Mines (PPM), held via a corporate holding structure, is located on the Bushveld Complex of South Africa.

Platinum – Anglo American South Africa

Based in South Africa, our Platinum business is the world's leading major producer of platinum. We produce around 37% of the world's newly mined production of this precious metal. We mine, process and refine the entire range of platinum group metals (PGMs), which are platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium.

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Mines and Communities: Home

MAC was launched in 2001, and its priorities are governed by an editorial board, under our foundation statement, the London Declaration.. We provide communities, NGOs, activists, the media - and the general public - with information about many aspects of global mining and its impacts.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF MINING IN …

communities have been particularly exposed to the detrimental effects of contamination arising from mining and its effects on public health, agriculture and the environment. In addition, the legacy of mining has left thousands of sites in Africa contaminated by mining and associated mine dumps such as tailings and slag material.

List of mines in South Africa - Wikipedia

This list of mines in South Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.

The threats to human rights from mining and coal-fired ...

human rights of hundreds of communities across South Africa. For example, runoff from mines and spills from power plant waste ponds contaminate drinking and irrigation water with toxic pollutants, violating the rights to life, health, water, food and a healthy environment. People living near mines and power plants breathe toxic pollutants that

Socio-economic impacts of mine retrenchments on ...

statistics relating to the loss of mining jobs for Basotho men in South Africa (Chamber of Mines, 2004, Philip 1995, Sechaba consultants in Coplan and Thoahlane, 1995). Some literature has also discussed the impact of the loss of mine remittances on home communities (Coplan and Thoahlane, 1995, Cobbe, 1995, Foulo, 1991). In addition, other

Mining in Africa: managing the impacts

ment around the mines are all changed. Environ-mental impacts thus become economic and social issues as livelihoods are disrupted. Environmental impacts continue well after the mine has been exhausted, so it is local communi-ties that bear the long-term burden of mining. The environmental legacy of mining in Africa is

CHAPTER 9 LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND MINES

the mine closes unless provision has been made for maintenance and upkeep well in advance. Communities are particularly vulnerable where linkages with other sectors of the economy are weak. There is an inherent tension between local and national rights to mineral wealth and the other benefits brought about by mining.That people living near ...

Community Monitors – A Network of Southern African ...

(Podcast) Artisanal Mining, Blessing and A Curse, Part 2 – Sekhukhune, South Africa. Artisanal Mining, A Blessing and A Curse, Sekhukhune South Africa By Mmathapelo Thobajane Voice note 1 Hello I am Mmathapelo Thobajane, I am an activists in the Bench Marks Community Monitors school and a member of SEJN.

How mine dumps in South Africa affect the health of ...

The prevalence of asthma among the children in communities located near mine dumps – between 10% and 13% – was consistent with other studies conducted in South Africa. And among older people, we found the rate of asthma to be 17.3%.

South Africa: How to Ensure Communities Living Near Mining ...

The South African government and the Chamber of Mines are in the process of formulating a new Mining Charter. The charter serves as a blueprint for transforming the mining industry. Its primary ...

Mines in South Africa - Projects IQ

Africa Mining IQ is a unique online mining intelligence portal providing key insights on over 1 850 of Africa's key mining projects, mines in South Africa, key mine owners and engineering contacts.

Do local communities benefit from mining? | Let's Talk ...

Thus, the inequalizing effect of mining can be attributed to an influx of better educated immigrants attracted by mining activity and also by the limited job and business opportunities that only some community natives obtain in industries and services related to mining.

Mining Jobs in South Africa - Careermine - InfoMine

Mining jobs found in South Africa. Get daily mining job alerts. New mining job vacancies on Careermine.

Our communities – Anglo American Platinum

South Africa Anglo American Group Foundation ... Creating sustainable value for our communities The places where we mine should be the first to benefit from the value we create. Around the world we're helping communities secure lasting prosperity. We do this through our socio-economic development strategy by creating jobs, choosing to buy ...

Resisters highlight plight of communities near mines – The ...

The Bench Marks Foundation said on Thursday the plight of a community near Sishen Iron Ore mine in the Northern Cape highlighted the need to properly compensate people whose lives were affected by ...

Problems in the mining industry in South africa - ECDPM

This separation is strongly supported by the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, which argues that mining is driven by inherited comparative advantages, such as mineral deposits or natural beauty, while manufacturing depends on competitive advantages.

Open coalmine near Africa's first nature reserve divides ...

"We were a community gathering together. But the coming of the mine separated us," she said. Activists claim that Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president since February, is biased. The ...

Addressing the social impact of mining activities on ...

communities. Recent legislation in South Africa, such as the Broad Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter (BBSEEC) for the Mining Industry and the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) have confirmed the requirement for mining companies to assess the social impacts of their activities from start to

POST-MINING REHABILITATION, LAND USE AND …

POST-MINING REHABILITATION, LAND USE AND POLLUTION AT COLLIERIES IN SOUTH AFRICA D. Limpitlaw1, M. Aken2, H. Lodewijks2 and J. Viljoen3 1 Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry 2 Anglo Coal 3 BHP Billiton ABSTRACT Coal mining in South Africa is a mature industry and there are large numbers of closed

Abandoned mines are seriously impacting communities and …

seriously affecting communities near mines in a number of ways, and has a huge adverse impact on the rest of South Africa. The report, Policy Gap 9 on South African Coal Mining: Corporate Grievance Mechanisms, Community Engagement Concerns and Mining Impacts, focuses on communities near mines in the Nkangala District

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SA mine communities ignored in design of social plans ...

Mines in South Africa are often ringed by shanty towns housing migrant workers, while environmental damage to surrounding areas regularly threatens the livelihoods of local communities.

Communities seeking economic benefit from mining

Communities across Africa are increasingly learning and understanding their rights regarding mining and economic development, and it is important for companies to understand and mitigate such ...

Radioactive city: how Johannesburg's townships are paying ...

Much of the waste from 600 abandoned mines around South Africa's largest city is piled high next to residential communities – most of which are poor and black Cities is supported by About this ...

The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold Mines - Yale E360

In the meantime, millions of South Africans live around waste facilities and many deal with respiratory, skin, and other health effects that they blame on the mine waste piled in and around their communities. The former apartheid government placed many settlements near or even on top of the mining waste dumps.