Towards a sustainable artisanal gold mining sector in South Africa
1. Introduction. In a global context, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is critical in poverty reduction. The ASM sector is a viable pathway for creating sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation initiatives, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (Osumanu, 2020, p. 209; Mhangara et al., 2020).According to estimations, at least 40 …
Global mine production by country | World Gold Council
Global mine production. 25 June, 2024 Demand and supply. Gold mining is a global business with operations on every continent, except Antarctica, and gold is extracted from mines of widely varying types and scale. At a country level, China was the largest producer in the world in 2023 and accounted for around 10 per cent of total global production.
Global gold mining
The countries with the largest estimated reserves are Australia, Russia, and South Africa. Approximately 3,000 metric tons of gold was produced from mines worldwide in 2023. Currently, China is ...
South Africa: mining EBITDA by commodity 2023 | Statista
As of 2023, the EBITDA of mining in South Africa totaled 196 billion South African rand (around 10.4 billion U.S. dollars), which presents a significant decrease from 298 billion South African ...
Trends in productivity in the South African gold mining …
According to Statistics South Africa (2009), South Africa still had about 30 years of production in the gold sector, a forecast that fluctuates based on the day's modifying factors. Although South Africa has a comparative advantage in terms of minerals endowment, there are challenges faced by the mining industry that hinder translation of …
South Africa Gold Production, 1990 – 2024 | CEIC Data
101 rowsSouth Africa Gold Production data is updated yearly, averaging 262,363.000 …
gold mining | Search Results | Statistics South Africa
The decreasing importance of gold mining in South Africa. Monthly gold production reached a new monthly low in January, according to data released by Stats SA1. ... 2015 Statistics South Africa presents the Mining industry, 2015 results. Income The total income for the mining industry has increased by 2,2% per annum, from R393,4 …
Predictors of silicosis and variation in prevalence across
Background: The stated intention to eliminate silicosis from the South African goldmining industry as well as current programmes to find and compensate ex-miners with silicosis require an understanding of variation in silicosis prevalence across the industry. We aimed to identify the predictors of radiological silicosis in a large sample of working …
FACTS 2020
S8 Gold 29 S9 Manganese 31 S10 Chrome ore 35 S11 Non-ferrous metals 37 S12 Diamonds 40 ... Sources: Statistics South Africa, South African Reserve Bank, Minerals Council South Africa Mining gross domestic product: 2010-2020 Rand million (2010=100) Share of GDP (%) 0 48,000 96,000 000
South Africa: leading miners by market cap 2023 | Statista
In June 2023, Gold Fields was South Africa's leading mining company in terms of market capitalization. The company had a market capitalization amounting to 234 billion South African rand (around ...
South Africa Mining Production
Mining Production in South Africa averaged -0.08 percent from 1981 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 119.00 percent in April of 2021 and a record low of -50.40 percent in April of 2020. This page provides - South Africa Mining Production- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.
The stunning collapse of gold production in South Africa
Statistics South Africa newly released data says gold production during the last three months was down 5.9%. From Nov 2014 to Jan 2015 the seasonally adjusted base was 74.4 compared to 79.1 that ...
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, …
Facts & Figures Pocketbook 2022
Facts & Figures Pocketbook 2022. The Minerals Council South Africa today launched its comprehensive statistical reference guide to the South African mining sector, the Facts & Figures Pocketbook 2022. Hosting a media briefing at the Mining Indaba, the Minerals Council outlined the key issues that affected the mining industry in 2022, and …
How South Africa plans to profit from sky-high gold prices
With the price of gold at record highs and South Africa still home to some of the best reserves in the world, local miners are reinventing their business operations to cash in on the boom. On ...
gold | Search Results | Statistics South Africa
The decreasing importance of gold mining in South Africa. Monthly gold production reached a new monthly low in January, according to data released by Stats …
Mining industry 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 mining revenue in 2023. Proved coal reserves in South Africa amount to approximately 9.9 billion metric tons, with the largest of the country's deposits found in the Ecca group ...
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 were Ghana, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Sudan, according to …
Gold demand by end use South Africa 2023 | Statista
South Africa's gold demand by end use 2013-2023. The demand for gold in South Africa amounted to nearly 25 tons in 2018. Of that amount, the demand for gold jewelry accounted for 12.2 tons. South ...
South Africa: Mining operating expenses 2023 | Statista
Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 14, 2024. In 2023, employment benefits and contractors accounted for a 33 percent share of the total South African mining industry operating ...
South Africa: mining revenue 2013-2023 | Statista
In 2023, the total revenue of South Africa's mining industry was 654 billion South African rand (around 34.8 billion U.S. dollars). The mining industry in South Africa has seen a doubling of its ...
Minerals | Statistics South Africa
South African economy expands by 0,4%. After contracting by a revised 1,1% in the fourth quarter of 2022, real gross domestic product (GDP) edged higher in the first quarter of 2023 (January‒March), expanding by an estimated 0,4%.1 The manufacturing and finance industries were the major drivers of growth on the supply side of the economy.
Mining: Production and sales (Preliminary)
Private Bag X44, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, ISIbalo House, Koch Street, Salvokop, Pretoria, 0002, [email protected], Tel +27 12 310 8911 STATISTICAL RELEASE P2041 Mining: Production and sales (Preliminary) January 2023 This release provides an analysis of revisions. If you have any questions or comments,
Shining a light on a hidden sector
ASM is a key livelihood strategy for the poor in East Asia and Pacific, with robust data focused on small-scale gold mining. ASM in South Asia remains in the shadows – though we know it is driven by poverty and heavily tied to subsistence agriculture. Data is urgently needed across South Asia given the region's widespread …
Four facts about the mining industry (2019)
The South African mining industry employed 514 859 individuals in 2019. If the mining sector is represented by a group of 100 workers, 39 are employed in the platinum group metals sector, 21 in the …
gold mining | Search Results | Statistics South Africa
Results for: gold mining. Content 56. Publications 2. Statistics by place 23. Statistics by theme 1. The decreasing importance of gold mining in South Africa. Monthly gold production reached a new monthly low in January, according to data released by …
Tens of billions of dollars in gold flows illegally out of Africa …
FILE- Miners extract mud they hope contains gold at a gold mining site at which adults and youth work in the village of Mawero, on the outskirts of Busia town, in eastern Uganda on Oct. 18, 2021. Billons of dollars worth of gold is smuggled out of Africa each year, according to a report published Thursday, of which most ends up in the …
Gold in South Africa
According to GlobalData, South Africa is the world's eighth-largest producer of gold in 2022, with output up by 3% on 2021. Over the five years to 2021, production …
Gold Mining | Gold Production | World Gold Council
The World Gold Council and our member companies support the responsible mining and trading of gold from all legitimate sources. Mines and gold mining operations have become increasingly geographically diverse, far removed from the concentrated supply of four decades or so ago when the vast majority of the world's gold came from South Africa.
South Africa: mining industry fatalities 2023 | Statista
Premium Statistic Gold mine production in South Africa 2010-2023; Metals ... Minerals Council South Africa, Mining industry fatalities in South Africa from 2000 to 2023 Statista, https://