South Africa's battle against illegal artisanal mining

Illegal mining in South Africa presents significant economic, social, and security challenges. It's complex history, violence and crime it fosters, the implications of the recent military intervention, and insights from Al Jazeera's …

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The derelict Stilfontein shaft, which became a hell hole for hundreds of trapped miners, is just one of 6 000 that have been abandoned by South Africa's gold extraction companies.

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Africa must embrace practices that prevail in the Communities of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) Charter, the Yaoundé Vision and the Africa Mining Vision, where the practice …

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Hundreds of South African illegal miners, police continue standoff

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Africa Gold Advisory

Whereas South Africa was the dominant gold producer for much of the 20th century, today gold mining is growing across the continent. The top five producers in 2021 …

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South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground

In South Africa, workers at illegal gold mines like these are known as "zama-zamas," meaning "one who takes a chance" in the Zulu language. ... "We have recommended …

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Investigating How Illegal Gold Gets Into the Legitimate Supply Chain

Ninety percent of all gold refined in a year goes through a LBMA refinery. According to the LBMA, only 2% of their gold is from small-scale gold mining (mining with non …

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2. Artisanal gold mining in South Africa South Africa is an important global hub for gold mining and one of the biggest suppliers of ASM gold on the African continent (Soguel and Turuban, 2024). …

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Illegal gold mining has been on the rise for the past decade in South Africa. Worsening ore grades, rising costs (as shafts have been sunk ever deeper), bouts of labour and social unrest and falling investment in new mines have all …

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Artisanal mining and its drivers in the South African context

In South Africa, Zama Zama mining is a colloquial term referring to artisanal mining. This type of mining is illegal, seeing that these mining activities are conducted without a mining …

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Months after South Africa's government began an operation to flush out hundreds of people from an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, police pulled out 60 bodies as part of a search-and …

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A 2019 ENACT report revealed that illegal mining in South Africa costs the country over R14 billion ($1 billion) annually. Illicit gold makes up around 10% of all gold mined, making the …

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Ghana is the world's 6th largest and Africa's largest producer of gold. Artisanal and small-scale mining accounts for 40% of gold production in Ghana. Despite the formalised …

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South Africa accused of 'horrific' crackdown as 78 corpses pulled …

STILFONTEIN, South Africa, Jan 15 (Reuters) - At least 78 dead bodies have been pulled from an illegal gold mine in South Africa where police cut off food and water supplies for …

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Africa: Illegal Mining Clampdown in South Africa

Analysis - Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South African authorities have since December 2023 been …

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An illegal artisanal gold mining industry takes root. South Africa's Witwatersrand goldfields have produced more than 30% of all the gold ever mined. But in recent decades, large-scale gold ...

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Artisanal mining and its drivers in the South African context

Worldwide, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) includes an estimated forty million participants, and ASM activities indirectly support more than 150 million people across …

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South Africa illegal gold miners locked in long underground

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Illegal mining

In South Africa, it is illegal to be in possession of unwrought precious metal ore, platinum group metals (PGMs), gold-bearing material and rough diamonds without the required statutory authorisation.

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The dark face of South Africa's illegal mining | Daily Nation

Gold had first been found by a hunter in 1834 in the Witwatersrand region of north-central South Africa, but in 1886 alluvial deposits led to the discovery of large and profitable …

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The status of artisanal and small-scale mining sector in South Africa

This implies that in just over 15 years, the number of illegal miners in South Africa has increased tenfold. Illegal mining activities continue to escalate despite government's intervention through …

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The purpose of illegal mining is to steal product like gold-bearing material (GBM) or similar valuable minerals. Unless they are found in possession of such product, illegal miners cannot …

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Illegal Mining: The dark heart of South Africa's mining industry

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ILLEGAL MINING CLAMPDOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA: …

Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South African authorities have since December 2023 been trying to disrupt the illicit gold mining economy by cutting off water, food and other supplies to the miners working …

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South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know

Illegal mining for gold, diamonds or other minerals is deeply widespread in South Africa, and has gone on for decades, with about 30,000 people involved by 2019.

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Illegal mining, the 'zama zamas' and the Law

Small scale and artisanal mining currently takes place on a sizeable scale in South Africa, with opportunities for small-scale mining projects found mainly in gold, diamonds, coal and …

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Illegal mining, the 'zama zamas' and the Law

The Policy recognises, amongst others, the challenges posed by illegal mining activities (also commonly known as "zama zamas") which have resulted in over R 70 billion per annum of the …

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South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors

South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, police said on Tuesday, adding that …

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Under Operation Vala Umgodi ("plug the hole"), South African authorities have since December 2023 been trying to disrupt the illicit gold mining economy by cutting off water, …

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