Introduction to South African Deep-Level Gold and Platinum Mining ...
This chapter provides an overview of deep-level gold and platinum mining in South Africa, highlighting the status quo of the industry and some of the associated challenges and explains how applied in-mine geophysics can play a key role in addressing some of these...
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South Deep Gold Mine, Gauteng Province, South
The South Deep gold mine, located in Gauteng Province of South Africa, is one of the world’s biggest gold mines. It is also the seventh deepest mine in the world with a depth of 2,995m below the surface.
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Exploring the use of deep level gold mines in South Africa
2017.10.1 This paper explores the viability of deep level gold mines in the Far West Rand (FWR) gold field, South Africa (SA), for underground pumped hydroelectric energy storage (UPHES). Ultra-deep, non-flooded shafts, extensive underground storage space, and abundance of water from an overlying karst aquifer make gold mines in the FWR
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Gold Fields South Deep Gold Mine - Our mine
4 天之前 Current Mine uses a selective access development and Longhole open stoping mining method. Mining is scattered over a large area, which was originally mined using conventional tabular mining. Current Mine is
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Gold Fields South Deep Gold Mine - How we mine
4 天之前 How we mine. Our mining methods are very different to most South African deep level underground gold mines. Illustration of mining methods at the current mine and north of wrench. At the depth of mining at South Deep, rock stresses can become extremely high.
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The challenge of deep-level mining in South Africa
Mining of the narrow reefs progressed from the outcrops to more than 3,5 km, and has made South Africa the foremost mining country in the world. Changes in the political and socio-economic climate create a new challenge to the gold-mining industry.
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Deep-Level Gold and Platinum Mining - Springer
2022.8.12 Introduction to South African Deep-Level Gold and Platinum Mining. Michael van Schoor, Zamaswazi Nkosi, Fleckson Magweregwede, Thabang Kgarume
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Deep-Level Gold and Platinum Mining: The Application of
This chapter provides an overview of deep-level gold and platinum mining in South Africa, highlighting the status quo of the industry and some of the associated challenges and explains how applied in-mine geophysics can play a key role in addressing some of these challenges. 1.1 A Brief Overview of Gold and Platinum Mining in South Africa Gold.
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Exploring World's Top Ten Worlds Deepest Mines in South Africa
2019.6.11 Mponeng Gold Mine. AngloGold Ashanti ’s Mponeng gold mine, located south-west of Johannesburg in South Africa, is currently the deepest mine in the world. The operating depth at Mponeng mine ranged from between 3.16km to 3.84km below the surface by the end of 2018. Ongoing expansions are expected to extend the operating depth
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Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
2 天之前 Background and Focus of Grade 8- Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa. The Mineral Revolution in South Africa started with the discovery of diamonds in Kimberley in 1867, and intensified with the discovery of deep-level gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886. By the time that gold was discovered, African kingdoms had lost
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Moving towards deep underground mineral resources:
2023.1.1 The history of mining is extensive, and particularly in South Africa where underground mining has generated enormous amounts of irreplaceable data (e.g., Manzi et al., 2015; Westgate et al., 2020; Zhang et al., 2021b; Nwaila et al., 2022). However, legacy data can be difficult to comprehend, as metadata, reference data and other
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Deep-Level Gold and Platinum Mining: The Application of
This chapter provides an overview of deep-level gold and platinum mining in South Africa, highlighting the status quo of the industry and some of the associated challenges and explains how applied in-mine geophysics can play a key role in addressing some of these challenges. 1.1 A Brief Overview of Gold and Platinum Mining in South Africa Gold. The
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The fight against illegal gold mining in South Africa faces
2024.5.3 Figure 2 These graphs represent data shared by three mining companies in South Africa: Sibanye-Stillwater and AngloGold Ashanti are two of the largest gold mining operators in South Africa, while Pan African Resources is a mid-tier mining company. While these do not represent the entirety of illegal activity in the gold mining sector in South
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Opportunities and Challenges in Deep Mining: A Brief Review
2017.8.1 The average depth of metal mines in South Africa has reached 2000 m, and the Western Deep Level gold mine has reached 4800 m [3]. Deep rock mass is characterized by high in situ stress, high temperature, and high water pressure. Compared with shallow resource extraction, deep mining may be associated with disasters such as
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De Beers’ Venetia mine transitions to deep-level - African Mining Online
2020.9.25 The DeBeers Venetia mine in South Africa is the biggest source of rough diamonds in the country. The mine is in the process of transitioning from open pit to underground, to extend its life by some 25 years. As EPCM contractor for South Africa’s largest mining execution project, Worley is utilising 3D designs for the project
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Mponeng mine, South Africa - Mining Weekly
2016.7.8 Location: The mine is near the town of Carletonville, about 65 km west of Johannesburg, in South Africa. Controlling Company: AngloGold Ashanti. Brief Description: The Mponeng mine is a deep-level ...
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Violent failure of a remnant in a deep South African gold mine
1998.4.15 On 4 May 1994 a rockburst occurred in a mine in the Carletonville Goldfield of South Africa (Fig. 1).A stope mining the Ventersdorp Contact Reef (VCR) (Fig. 2) at a depth of 2300 m below surface was severely damaged (Fig. 3).The mine seismic network recorded a single seismic event at 09h49 with a local magnitude of 2.1.
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The geotechnical evolution of deep-level mechanized destress mining
2020.1.1 The South Deep mine is a deep-level mine that is actively mining between 2600 m and 3000 m below surface, with expectations to mine to 3400 m depth. The The orebody lends itself to a fully ...
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Gold Fields South Deep Gold Mine - How we mine
4 天之前 The MADs progress into the orebody and Stope Access Drives (SADs) are mined on either side and parallel to the MADs in the dip direction. The destress cut progress in an arrow shape, maintaining a lead/lag of 0 to 6 metres, towards the top contact of the targeted orebody. Holings are developed between the SADs on intervals of 20 metres forming ...
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Gold-uranium mine in South Africa sheds new light on life's
2022.7.10 An international team of researchers discovered that Harmony Gold Mining‘s gold and uranium Moab Khotsong mine in South Africa hosts 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater, a finding that sheds new ...
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South Deep: Control through digitalisation
2022.9.1 The control centre functions as the nerve centre of this massive-mechanised mining operation located in the Witwatersrand Basin, near Westonaria, 50km south-west of Johannesburg. It is the hub of the
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Zama-Zama mining in the Durban Deep/Roodepoort area of
2015.1.1 Zama-Zama is the local South African name for ‘artisanal’ gold miners, ... and (4) the often-low levels of mining skill (not in all cases). Outside of the Roodepoort area in the East Rand and Welkom goldfields, there is a reportedly high risk from rival Zama-Zama gangs who battle for working space in a growing tense illegal mining situation ...
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The geotechnical evolution of deep-level mechanized
2020.3.6 The Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy VOLME 120 JANUARY 2020 33 The geotechnical evolution of deep-level mechanized destress mining at South Deep mine P.G. Andrews1, R.J. Butcher1, and J. Ekkerd2 Synopsis The South Deep mine is a deep-level mine that is actively mining between
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South African operations - South Deep Gold Mine
South Deep is a medium to deep-level gold mine that operates one gold plant and is accessed from surface through two shaft systems; the Twin Shaft Complex (Main Shaft) and the South Shaft Complex. South Deep has been subdivided into two main areas, namely that above current infrastructure to 110 Level (2,888 mbs), and that below current ...
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A History of Gold Mining in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania
2016.11.1 Gold mining in South Africa quickly turned from outcrop mining to a major industry, based on deep-level mining (Richardson Van Helten, 1984). Unlike surface operations, deep-level mining required significant capital outlay, and there were only a limited number of mining firms that could raise the necessary capital to mine for gold.
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Introduction: Colonial South Africa, Mineral Revolutions and
“Outcrop and Deep Level Mining in South Africa Before the Anglo‐Boer War: Re‐examining the Blainey Thesis.” The Economic History Review 48, no. 2 (1995): 304. 52. Jeeves, Alan. “The Rand Capitalists and the Coming of the South African War 1896–1899.” ... Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Print ISBN: 978-3-031-51946-8 ...
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Outcrop and Deep Level Mining in South Africa before the
2008.2.11 Hundreds of prospectors arrived from other South African mining areas and quickly exposed the outcrops that ran westeast from modern-day Modderfontein to Randfontein (Katz, 1995;Viljoen, 2009).
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Digging Deep: A History of Mining in South Africa, 1852-2002
Digging Deep: A History of Mining in South Africa, 1852-2002. Jade Davenport. Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2013 - Business Economics - 537 pages. Before the advent of its great mineral revolution in the latter half of the 19th century, South Africa was a sleepy colonial backwater whose unpromising landscape was seemingly devoid of any economic ...
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Solar-supported South Deep consolidates future
2022.12.9 The ore mined at South Deep increased by 36% year-on-year in 2021 to 1.54-million tonnes, while gold production increased in the same period by 29% to 9.1 t (292 634 oz). Gold Fields revised ...
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Digging Deep: A history of mining in South Africa
2014.3.3 In 1980, mining provided 11% of employment opportunities in South Africa. Currently it is only around 2%. This book explains the wonderful legacy of the South African mining industry, a history that can provide many lessons for the future. Jade Davenport studied at the University of Cape Town and has an MA (cum laude) in Historical Studies.
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The effectiveness of the flexi-bolt reinforcement system
2024.1.21 Thin cable-bolts of 2.4 m length, with 15.24 mm diameter flexi-bolts, are applied as the primary support system in most deep-level gold mines in South Africa, in stopes with a mining height of 2.7 ...
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Challenges Facing the South African Gold Mining Industry
The South African gold industry is mainly characterised by deep-level hard-rock mining. The inherent technical constraints and ... According to data from the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, mining companies spend between R200 and R480 per employee per annum on HIV/AIDS programmes in the workplace. The programmes covered by this budget include ...
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The Witwatersrand Gold Rush 1886: The Birth of
2023.6.7 KEY TAKEAWAYS. South Africa became the biggst gold producer in the word until the 2000s because of the large gold deposits at Witwatersrand.; The establishment of the city of Johannesburg can be traced back to the gold rush.; Deep underground there are still massive gold reserves, making (industrial) mining still
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Zama zama gold mining in Durban Deep, Gauteng, South Africa
2021.10.14 The Extractive Industries and Society 2 (1). DOI: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.07.003. Kgothatso Nhlengetwa / Kim Andrea Annafrida Hein. Abstract. In the Durban Deep/Roodepoort area (Johannesburg), near to the site of the first gold discoveries in the 1880s, Zama-Zama (illegal) miners are widespread.
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Deep Mining SpringerLink
2022.12.27 Deep mining is a mining operation with the mining depth above a certain value. ... In the United States, deep mining is considered to be more than 5000 ft (1524 m). In South Africa, deep gold mining means mining with an average operation depth of more than 1600 m. ... Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore. Print ISBN: 978-981-19-0740-1.
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‘Zama Zama’ and leftovers: The recycling of ore in
2023.6.1 Section 3 focuses on South African mining legislation and its relationship with zama activities. Section 4 provides a brief overview of the abandoned mines in South Africa. Section 5 considers mining innovation as a technical/non-technical concept. It examines a central issue for zama miners; namely, the efficiency of the techniques and
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Mining Weekly - Mponeng mine, South Africa - Engineering
2016.7.8 Brief History: Formerly known as the Western Deep Levels South Shaft, or No1 Shaft, Mponeng mine is the most recently sunk of the three mines in the West Wits operations. The original twin shaft ...
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