new technology in mining gold in south africa

Rock collapse at gold mine in South Africa kills four workers

A rockfall at the Village Main Reef's Tau Lekoa gold mine in Orkney, North West province of South Africa, has claimed the lives of four workers. December 9, 2019 Share

An Untapped Goldmine: Opportunities for South African …

Three areas stand out where mining companies can take decisive action in the short term: improve exploration to uncover new reserves, address the currently …

The future of mining in South Africa

The adoption of new technology in the mining sector presents a significant challenge due to concerns about potential job losses. However, Beech emphasises that embracing new technology is …

Gold Fields South Deep Gold Mine

South Deep Gold Mine is a world-class bulk mechanised mining operation located in the Witwatersrand Basin, near Westonaria 50km south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa's commercial capital. The mine has been built to extract one of the largest known gold deposits in the world and boasts a mineral reserve of 38 million ounces.

Gold Mining in South Africa

Almost half of the 187,200 tons of gold ever mined in the history of human civilization has come from gold mines in Africa, and most of that from South Africa. In the past 130 years, South Africa's gold industry has weathered wars, prolonged and violent strikes, tragic accidents, resource nationalism (including super-taxes), commodity cycles …

The five largest gold mines in South Africa

There are more than 1352 gold mines in operation globally, of which 70 are in South Africa, according to GlobalData's mines and projects database. The following are the five largest gold mines by production in South Africa in 2023, according to GlobalData's mining database, which tracks more than 33,000 mines and projects from …

Ten largest gold mines in the world

South Africa and the US host two each of the world's ten largest gold mines, while Indonesia, Russia, Papua New Guinea, Chile, Australia, and the Dominican Republic house the remaining. South Deep gold mine in South Africa has the largest gold deposits in the world.

Gold mining, climate change, and Africa's transition

In South Africa, for example, where gold mining's emissions are rooted in its connectivity to a largely coal-powered grid, the sector's ability to influence government policy to allow ...

Technology is key to the future of the South African mining …

One company that is pushing technology into South African mining is Sibanye-Stillwater. Since its founding in 2013, Sibanye-Stillwater has grown from being a South African gold mining company to an internationally competitive, globally diversified precious metals miner, producing gold and the full suite of platinum group metals (PGMs).

South Deep Gold Mine, Gauteng Province, South Africa

The South Deep operation's restructuring plan was initiated in August 2018, affecting 1,092 permanent employees and 420 contractors. The restructuring plan is aimed to consolidate Gold Field's mining activity and align the cost structure to the current performance levels of the mine.

Mponeng Gold Mine, South Africa

It was the last underground operation by AngloGold Ashanti in South Africa. Harmony Gold, South Africa's biggest gold producer, became the owner and operator of the Mponeng underground mine by acquiring AngloGold Ashanti's remaining South African assets in October 2020.

South Africa

South Africa - Diamonds, Gold, Imperialism: South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's largest goldfields were discovered on the Witwatersrand. As the predominantly agrarian …

Arrests and attacks: tracking China's illegal mining …

In addition to mining issues in Nigeria and Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo has banned six Chinese businesses operating in South Kivu for illegally extracting gold and other minerals. …

Technology is key to the future of the South …

Spiralling labour and energy costs are putting pressure on the financial performance of South African gold mines, but the solution could be found in adopting digital technologies. Most of these new …

New technology for an old industry: How digital …

There are two big digital opportunities that South African mining companies can embrace: enabling the frontline with technology and improving performance through extracting value from data. Let's …

History of mining in South Africa

The construction of power stations on the coalfields of Witbank and Delmas established fossil fuels, and by extension mining, as the primary source of South African power, while the combination of the …

South Africa's Harmony advances plans to extend world's deepest gold

Harmony Gold Mining, South Africa's biggest gold producer by volume, said it will seek board approvals on deepening its flagship Mponeng mine, which buoyed a rebound to profit in the year through ...

Technology key to the future of South Africa

Spiralling labour and energy costs are putting pressure on the financial performance of gold mines in South Africa, but the …

Latest News|MiningWeekly

MiningWeeklycovers real-time news on mining projects across a range of minerals including gold, platinum, diamonds, copper and ferrous metals. ... development of South Africa's nascent green ...

TGME Underground Project, South Africa

Trial mining was conducted at Frankfort in December 2021 and a definitive feasibility study for the project was completed in July 2022. The project has an estimated life of mine (LoM) of 12.9 years producing …

Sylvania announces chrome-PGM joint venture in South Africa

"We are looking forward to collaborating with [Limburg Metals], who will provide access rights to the mining area and brings its knowledge and skills in mining and processing operations to ensure the production of low-cost, high-grade chromite concentrate and PGMs from the Middle Group Reef on the north of the Western Limb of …

Gold Mining in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, …

South Africa's gold mines, once the apex of global gold production, now grapple with deep-seated challenges – aging infrastructure and depths that test the limits of modern mining.

Mining industry in South Africa

Coal mining in South Africa Coal mining in South Africa began around the same time as gold mining and is one of the country's most valuable commodities, accounting for 26 percent of mineral ...

(PDF) Mining redesigned

adopt new technology, to be responsive to the changing ... South Africa's mining industry is a contested terrain, and the existingpolitical settlement is likely to influence the process, pace ...

South African mining employs many and may only have …

FILE - A closed-down goldmine shaft is shown on May 18, 2016 in Welkom, South Africa. South Africa's overall mining profits slipped by more than $5 billion in the last financial year, while the country that was once the world's largest gold producer might have less than 30 years of a viable gold industry left without renewed investment, …

Mantashe vows to address mining licences backlog to boost …

He said gold mining remained an integral component of South Africa's mining industry, as evidenced by the 96 tons of gold production reached in 2023, despite being characterised by deep level ...

Striking Gold with AI in Africa's Mining Sector

AI technologies enable dynamic, data-driven decision-making to optimise mine plans and production schedules. Mining operations can leverage AI to predict performance under various conditions, …

New gold mining technology to boost South African miners …

A new method of underground gold mining, being tested by AngloGold Ashanti, is filling headlines in the country, as the method has the potential to reverse …

Sudan's gold industry: opportunity amid geopolitical tension?

In 2022, gold exports, valued at more than $2bn (Sd$1.17trn), accounted for more than half of Sudan's total exports. According to the World Gold Council, this placed Sudan as the world's 16th-largest gold producer and the fourth-largest on the African continent for that year.. Gold has become increasingly important to Sudan's economy …

Harmony Gold to extend Mponeng mine life by …

In April last year, Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold signed a framework memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Papua New Guinea to advance the development of the Wafi-Golpu copper …