Browsing Research Output by Subject "mining"
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Die effek van dalende goudmynproduksievlakke op indiensname in die Dr. Kenneth Kaunda-distriksmunisipaliteit
(SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2012)In hierdie studie word die potensiaal van verskeie ekonomiese sektore in die Dr. Kenneth Kaunda Distriksmunisipaliteit (DKKDM), Noordwes-provinsie, Suid-Afrika, om werk te skep, ondersoek. Die doel van die studie is om ... -
Heavy metal concentration in soil in the tailing dam vicinity of an old gold mine in Johannesburg, South Africa†
(Agricultural Institute of Canada, 2016)Soil contamination with heavy metals is a serious concern to food production and human health. The present study was conducted to evaluate the impact of tailings from an old mining site on heavy metal contamination of soil. ... -
Insights and lessons learned from the long–term rehabilitation of an iron ore mine
(Graduate Faculty of Environment, 2013)A long-term study was conducted between 1985 and 2003 on rehabilitation trials at Sishen Iron Ore Mine, South Africa, to identify grass species that would survive in the artificial growth medium applied to the sites, and ... -
A multidisciplinary approach for the assessment of rehabilitation at asbestos mines in South Africa
(Sringer, 2012)The asbestos mining industry has left a legacy of pollution that continues to poison former mining areas and surrounding land-posing a significant health risk to local communities. In order to assist the effective ... -
Soil mesofauna as bioindicators to assess environmental disturbance at a platinum mine in South Africa
(Elsevier, 2012)South Africa is rich in mineral resources and is one of the leading raw material exporters in the world. Mining is essential for economic development, but also has detrimental environmental consequences in the form of ... -
South African mineral law: a historical overview of the State's regulatory power regarding the exploitation of minerals
(NWU, 2012)The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 [MPRDA] acknowledges that the country’s mineral resources belong to the nation. The State is subsequently appointed as custodian of these resources. As ... -
The governance of shale gas production in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)The proper governance of shale gas mining in the Karoo region of South Africa is important. With an estimated 390 trillion cubic feet of recoverable shale gas, large economic gains are possible. This may dramatically change ... -
Translocation of an endangered succulent plant species from sandstone outcrops earmarked for coal mining
(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2014)Frithia humilis is an endangered succulent plant species. Its distribution range overlaps with the coal fields of Mpumalanga and it is therefore threatened by opencast mining activities in particular. One of the 11 known ... -
Uranium pollution in South Africa: past research and future needs
(SRCE, 2015)Extracting gold for over a century from the Witwatersrand basin in South Africa as the largest known deposit on Earth, inadvertently also brought large amounts of radioactive and chemotoxic uranium (U) into densely populated ...