Mining industry of South Africa - Wikipedia
Diamond and gold discoveries played an important part in the growth of the early South African economy. A site northeast of Cape Town was discovered to have rich deposits of diamonds, and thousands of white and blacks rushed to the area of Kimberley in an attempt to profit from the discovery. The British later annexed the region of Griqualand West, an area which included the diamond fields. In 1868, the republic attempted to annex areas near newly discovered diamond fields, drawing protests from the nearby Briti…
Platinum Miners Win Reprieve as South Africa …
28.02.2019 · The world’s biggest platinum miners won a reprieve after a South African court reserved judgment on whether to block a week-long industry strike that was scheduled to start Thursday night.
SOUTH AFRICA: GOLD MINING - YouTube
21.07.2015 · The South African National Union of Mineworkers warned that if the gold price remains below 260 dollars an ounce, it would mean that 80-thousand gold miners would lose their jobs..
South Africa gold miners on strike at Anglo - BBC …
Workers at a South African gold mine owned by AngloGold Ashanti begin a wildcat strike - the latest labour unrest in the countrys vital mining industry.
South African gold miners go on strike - BBC News
Some 80,000 gold miners in South Africa, one of the worlds biggest producers of the precious metal, have gone on strike, but have significantly reduced their demand for higher pay.
South African gold miners strike over slave …
South African gold miners strike over slave wages in white mans economy This article is more than 6 years old. 80,000 miners walk out in industrial action that will cost country £22m a day as ...
Witwatersrand Gold Rush | The Famous South …
The Famous South African Gold Mine. Johannesburg, the heart of the Rand. The Witwatersrand Gold Rush initiated South Africa’s domination of world gold production. Although legends of a South African “El Dorado” existed among the natives of the area, it was not until 1886, when a poor Australian prospector named George Harrison staked the first claim, that the vast riches of the “Rand ...
New strike hits South African gold mine - …
New strike hits South African gold mine WORKERS have gone on strike at a gold mine in South Africa exactly one month after a deadly strike was launched at Lonmins Marikana platinum mine. Susan Njanji
New strike hits South African gold mine - The …
New strike hits South African gold mine Open this photo in gallery: Mine workers take part in a march at Lonmins Marikana mine in South Africa on Sept. 10, 2012.
Gold mining most costly in South Africa - …
Gold Fields has whittled its South African base down to South Deep, and AngloGold has retained only its Mponeng mine — the world’s deepest mine at 4km below the surface — and a tailings ...
1946 African Mineworkers Strike | South African …
On 12 August 1946 African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a week in the face of the most savage police terror, in which officially 1,248 workers were wounded and a very large number - officially only 9 - were killed. Lawless police and army violence smashed the strike. The resources of ...
South Africa gold mine strike over - MINING.COM
A strike in South Africas gold mining sector ended on Tuesday after a 2-year wage deal was clinched, unions and the Chamber of Mines said. The strike at AngloGold Ashanti , Gold Fields and ...
Sibanye shuts gold mines in South Africa as strike …
South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) has halted all its gold mining operations in the country after violence broke out overnight during a strike by workers demanding higher wages.
End of South Africas platinum mine strike signals …
In around 20 years from now, when someone, somewhere, considers the moments that really brought long-term change to the South African political system, this strike is going to feature.
Miners Strike in South Africa Raises the Spirit of ...
16.08.1987 · Gold accounts for nearly 60 percent of foreign earnings and 75 percent of mineral earnings in the mining-intensive South African economy. When …