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Soil samples were collected within a 20 m radius of abandoned Au mine tailings dumps in three different areas in Krugersdorp located at 26° 7' 56" S and 27° 48' 13"E (Site 1), 26° 8' 34"S and 27° 48' 28"E (Site 2), and 26° 7' 40" S and 27° 48' 57"E (Site 3) (Fig 2). Gold mining in these sites had ceased more than a decade ago.
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Many of which are Gold Mines and specifically in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. What is even more alarming is their 2008 report was based on a map from Statistics South Africa dated 2003 entailing their report was …
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Doornkop is a deep-level, single-shaft operation in Gauteng, some 30km west of Johannesburg, on the northern rim of the Witwatersrand Basin. While a mature operation, Doornkop still has 15 years life-of-mine remaining and is focused on narrow-reef conventional mining of the gold-bearing conglomerate South Reef. Ore is processed at …
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Alabama's Abandoned Mines. In 2017, Box and Newman formed Underground Birmingham, a Facebook page where they share history and photos from their weekend explorations through closed mines and other ...
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Vogelstruisbult is an abandoned gold mine on the East Rand near Springs. It was registered back in 1933 and began production in 1937. Anglo American was the …
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As a result of South Africa's long history of mining, the country has many abandoned mines that are currently the major source of various environmental and social problems. This review looks at the general problems of abandoned mines in South Africa and the efforts made towards rehabilitation of abandoned mine sites.
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Gold mining is a major source of metal and metalloid emissions into the environment. Studies were carried out in Krugersdorp, South Africa, to evaluate the ecological and human health risks associated with exposure to metals and metalloids in mine tailings contaminated soils. Concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), …
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But about a year ago, engineers from the Drummond Co. began bringing Mr. Tom back to life. They reverse engineered circuit boards and rebuilt the gondola "feet" on which the crane walks.
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abandoned mines and mine openings PRETORIA – The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) needs to speed up its management of rehabilitating South Africa's abandoned mines, as they "pose serious health, safety and environmental hazards for nearby communities," Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke warned on …
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Dust Deposition Impacts at a Liquidated Gold Mine Village: Gauteng Province in South Africa Mbalenhle Mpanza 1,2,*, Elhadi Adam 2 and Raeesa Moolla 2 ... A study by Oelofse et al. [15] noted that mine closure and an increase in AMD have critical consequences for mining-a ected communities. This view is supported by Warhurst and Norhona [16],
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The Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine in Carletonville, Gauteng, for example, has no closure certificate and has been abandoned since 2013, when a sale between DRDGOLD and Village Main Reef fell through. The liquidator and activists failed to gain access to Blyvooruitzicht's financial provision, which is still managed by DRDGOLD personnel.
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Alabama is projected to receive $49.4 million from the AML fund between 2018 and 2027 to complete critical reclamation work on the remaining 42,000 acres of abandoned mine land sites ... Abandoned Mine Land projects on sites left by abandoned coal mines, resulting in increased safety for the thousands ...
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Water pollution and contamination from gold mines: acid mine drainage in Gauteng province, South Africa. A research paper that examines the environmental and health impacts of mining activities.
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The Cullinan diamond mine is located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The site is situated 40km east of Pretoria in Cullinan. The diamond mine is also known as Premier mine. ... The company increased this to 74% in 2009 by purchasing Al Rajhi's shares. Petra Diamonds has planned for the expansion of the Cullinan diamond …
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As former mines became unprofitable and were abandoned, mine waste was often left untreated and damaged landscapes un-rehabilitated. ... As gold mining in Gauteng reaches the end of its lifespan, the new face of active mining in the province lies in the extraction of diamonds, coal and platinum. As a way to address the extractive legacies of ...
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Abandoned miners' store, homes remain in ghost town of Rock Run. Published: ; Jul. 25, 2017, 11:30 a.m.
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Abandoned mines are found in countries that have a long history of mining including South Africa, Australia, Canada, Namibia, Chile, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (Mhlongo and Sigxashe, 2021). In the context of South Africa, these mines are referred to as 'derelict and ownerless mines' (D&O), and the country …
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inspections Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation The Job of the AML The State of Alabama Department of Labor Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program (AML) is responsible for resolving problems such as mine …
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Discovered in 1902, Cullinan Mine has yielded many of the Earth's most desirable and iconic diamonds, and is renowned for very rare and highly valuable Type IIb blue diamonds and high-quality Type IIa white diamonds. Cullinan Mine is a world-class resource, with potential to continue mining into the late 2040s.
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Alabama is receiving an infusion of federal funds to address abandoned mine lands. Through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, President Joe Biden said Alabama is poised to receive $20,450,847 in federal funding that is to be used to create good-paying union jobs in an effort to catalyze economic opportunity in the state by …
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in mining operations overall but was compounded by the falling price of gold. As a consequence of these factors, being bankrupt or simply abandoning unproductive mines, these mining companies did not fulfil their legal obligations concerning the 7 In a later section specific reference to the following two mines in the Eastern Basin
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Illegal mining at abandoned mine sites is common in the Abandoned gold mine sites are generally characterised by severe environmental problems and physical hazards. Because of socio-economic problems confronting communities around abandoned mine sites, historic and abandoned gold mines have become hot-spots for artisanal and small …
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Legacy mine land, defined by Worrall et al. (2009), is a land which has been mined and is now being used for another purpose, or is orphaned, abandoned or derelict and in need of remedial work.
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1. Introduction. Abandoned mines (officially known as Derelict and Ownerless Mines in South Africa) are defined in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (Act No. 28 of 2002) of South Africa as those mines for which a …
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(Fig. 3). The extensive use of coal as a primary energy fuel is due to its widespread availability. South Africa has 19 coal mines that are situated in the provinces of Eastern Cape, North West ...
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And it is not just a problem in Snake Park, she stresses. There are more than 6,000 such abandoned gold mines in South Africa. "The dumps should be removed, …
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The gross alpha and beta activity in treated water from one of the numerous gold mines in Gauteng province averaged 1.15 ± 0.13 and 0.87 ± 0.11 Bq L−1, respectively. The average readings of the fissure water from the same mine were 0.56 ± 0.10 and 0.52 ± 0.11 Bq L−1, respectively. Water samples collected at the foot of the …
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In the Johannesburg area, with 10 million residents, at least 15 percent of the population lives in informal settlements, with many placed by the former apartheid government near or even on top of these …
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