Dust Deposition Impacts at a Liquidated Gold …
The windy season brings numerous community complaints for gold mining companies situated in the Witwatersrand due to windblown dust from partially rehabilitated tailings storage facilities (TSFs). For …
Mine dumps in South Africa: an ownership dilemma
The South African landscape is filled with mine dumps bearing testament to South Africa's rich mining heritage. In laymen's terms the phrase 'mine dump' refers to an area where excess material containing forms of mineral(s) were left (either valuable or of no value to the miner) by the person who won the minerals from the earth in accordance …
All that glitters... Acid mine drainage: The toxic legacy of gold
Nearly 400 square kilometers of tailings dumps are scattered in, around and under the city of Johannesburg. The dumps, or slimes, as they are called, contain waste rock, pyrite and thousands of tons of uranium dust. When it rains, the tailings dumps, especially those that are being reworked for secondary gold recovery, produce sulfuric …
Respiratory Health in a Community Living in Close Proximity to Gold
1. Introduction. In South Africa, mining processes from the Witwatersrand gold basin have resulted in approximately 270 tailings storage facilities, more commonly referred to as gold mine waste dumps, or colloquially, mine dumps, around Johannesburg [1,2].Gold mine waste dump dust is fine, dry, tiny particles of earth matter that have …
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Additionally, the remaining mine headgear and gold mine waste dumps. South Africa mining – some of the deepest mines in the world. Including recent problems around acid mine drainage. Day tour or multi-day tour: Ekala Eco Tours can condense some Gold histories of Johannesburg into a day tour.
Billions in Invisible Gold Discovered in Johannesburg's Mine Dumps
A researcher has uncovered a staggering amount of invisible gold, worth $24 billion, in the mine dumps of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Ncamiso Matsebula found that the gold particles are so tiny that they are almost impossible to detect with traditional methods. This discovery could revolutionize the gold mining industry, allowing …
An underexploited invisible gold resource in the Archean …
The tailings dumps originating from gold mining in South Africa's Witwatersrand still contain notable gold endowments. Most tailings reprocessing operations target a native gold fraction using ...
As gold demand rises, South Africa has opportunity to …
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly) – With demand for gold currently off the charts, South Africa has a huge opportunity to recover gold from its surfeit of gold …
The impact of acid mine drainage in South Africa
South Africa is the home of major global mining operations, and the acid mine drainage (AMD) contribution has been attributed to abandoned mine sites and huge pyrite-bearing tailings from coal and ...
Environmental Dust Exposure from Gold Mine Dumps …
32 In South Africa, mining operations in the Witwatersrand gold basin have resulted in approximately 270 33 tailings storage facilities, more commonly referred to as gold mine waste dumps, or, colloquially, mine 34 dumps, around Johannesburg (AngloGold Ashanti 2008; Hobbs et al. 2010). These mine waste dumps are
THE UNREGULATED TERRAIN OF HISTORIC MINE DUMPS IN …
In 2008, the Department of Mineral Resources unsuccessfully attempted to bring Historic Dumps within the ambit of the MPRDA by amending the definitions of 'residue …
The devastating impact of Gold Mining in South Africa
For 130 years South Africa has been exploiting its gold resources in Johannesburg. But at what cost? 278 abandoned mines and 200 mining dumps, that contain about 6 billion tons of waste, exist in Johannesburg.For every single gram of gold extracted, 200 kg of waste are produced.
The Toxic Landscape of Johannesburg's Gold Mines | WIRED
More than a century of gold mining has left towering piles of bleached mine waste, known as "tailings," all over Johannesburg's landscape. Discovery of gold in the region in 1886 led to the ...
Zimbabwean scientist makes billions-worth gold discovery in South Africa
Dr Steve Chingwaru, a 26-year-old geometallurgist, has made a discovery that could revolutionise South Africa's gold mining industry and inject billions into its economy. His groundbreaking PhD ...
Dataset on assessment of pollution level of selected trace …
1. Data. Abandoned mine tailing dumps have remained a global subject of discuss in the field of mining, metallurgy and the built environment. South Africa lies on the southernmost part of the African continent, and is known to have renowned varied topography, great natural beauty, and cultural diversity.
Hazards identified and the need for health risk …
South Africa has many decommissioned mines and large mine tailings dumps and dams. It has been estimated that there are more than 270 tailings dams related to gold mining alone, covering a total …
Beautiful gold mine dumps on the west Rand in South Africa …
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High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps …
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South African Miners See Gold In Hills Of Waste | Barron's
South Africa has some 6,500 abandoned mines, many with abandoned slag heaps. Each tonne of rock and dirt has about 0.3 grammes of gold, making the painstaking search profitable and much less ...
All that glitters... Acid mine drainage: The toxic legacy of …
In the Witwatersrand goldfields, 30 kilometers south of the caves, more than a century of mining has left the region littered with mounds of waste, known as tailings dumps, and underlain by a deep underground network of abandoned mine shafts, which are gradually filling with water.
This researcher found billions in 'invisible' gold in Jo'burg's mine dumps
A mine dump of fine sand, the residue of crushed rock from deep mining, is eroded by the elements in Johannesburg, South Africa [Christopher Furlong/Getty Images] An old boot discarded at a mine ...
The major new projects planned for South Africa – including a gold mine …
The Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) group has published its latest Foreign Direct Investment Tracker, detailing some of the major fixed investment projects planned for South Africa.
Thousands of South Africans Live Near Toxic Mine Dumps
MOGALE CITY, SOUTH AFRICA — A century of digging for gold has created a silhouette of mine dumps all around the South African city of Johannesburg. …
Respiratory Health in a Community Living in Close …
Proximity to Gold Mine Waste Dumps, Johannesburg, South Africa Samantha Iyaloo 1,2,*, ... 1–2 km of a gold mine dump were found to be at higher risk of chronic respiratory symptoms (chest
DRDGold: South Africa's largest tailings project kicks into …
DRDGold has embarked on the first phase of what will be one of the largest tailings recovery operations in South Africa. According to CEO, Niel Pretorius, the tailings retreatment facility will bring additional cash flow into the business while delivering massive environmental and sustainability benefits to the larger West Rand. ... Libanon and ...
(PDF) High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine dumps
Objective To investigate whether high blood pressure was associated with living close to a mine dump among the elderly in South Africa. Study design This was a cross-sectional study conducted ...
High blood pressure and exposure to dust from gold mine …
There was a high prevalence of high blood pressure among the elderly living close to gold mine dumps in South Africa. There was a statistically significant …
Chronic respiratory disease among the elderly in South Africa…
Conclusion: This study suggests that there is a high level of chronic respiratory symptoms and diseases among elderly people in communities located near to mine dumps in South Africa. Keywords: Mine dumps, Chronic respiratory diseases, Elderly, South Africa Background Chronic respiratory diseases are among the leading causes of death …
Gold Mine Dumps Johannesburg, South Africa
a very brief presentationon selected gold mine dumps in Jihannesburg South Africe highlughting some of the exoctic minerals found in them and including satellite imagery
The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold Mines …
Thousands of abandoned gold mines are scattered across South Africa, polluting the water with toxics and filling the air with noxious dust. For the millions of people who live around these derelict sites, the …
South Africa's gold mining legacy | In Pictures News
Johannesburg, South Africa – "This mine is a silent killer," said Tiny Dlamini at Snake Park in Soweto, pointing at Johannesburg's largest abandoned gold mine dump that looms over the ...
Legacy Gold Mine Sites & Dumps in the Witwatersrand …
Gold Mine Closures and Abandonment of Mine Shafts and Dumps. The advent of democracy in South Africa brought hope for the country and the mining industry in particular, through the abolishment of legacy practices and work structures that oppressed historically disadvantaged South Africans [23], resulting in mine workers getting rights …
Dust Deposition Impacts at a Liquidated Gold Mine Village: …
This situation occurs in South Africa even though guidance for the management of dust disposition was created and established through the SANS1929:2005 dust-fall guideline and the National Dust Control Regulation of 2013. ... Hence, this paper, reports on the dust deposition impacts emanating from TSF6 and the surrounding …
The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa's Illegal Gold Mines
A few years ago, a mining company was considering reopening an old mine shaft in Welkom, a city in South Africa's interior. Welkom was once the center of the world's richest goldfields.
(PDF) Dust Deposition Impacts at a Liquidated Gold Mine …
Dust Deposition Impacts at a Liquidated Gold Mine Village: Gauteng Province in South Africa July 2020 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 17(14):4929