Mine waste leaves toxic legacies in South Africa
At the Witwatersrand gold fields, more than 120 mines have extracted over 116,00 tons of gold and uranium, leaving a legacy of more than 270 tailings facilities that cover approximately 400 km2.
Feasibility of tailings retreatment to unlock value and …
The Louis Moore Mine is an abandoned underground mine, situated in the Ka-Mavalane village, about 10 km north of the town of Giyani along the road leading to Malamulele in Limpopo …
Mogale Tailings Retreatment
Our concurrent environmental rehabilitation of these historic tailings deposits is already improving air and water quality in the area, while reducing the scourge of illegal mining. Our commitment …
Rustenburg Mine | South Africa | Sibanye-Stillwater
The Rustenburg operation consists of three intermediate depth vertical shafts that utilise a conventional mining method at Siphumelele 1, Khuseleka 1, and Thembelani 1 – while the mechanised Bathopele inclined shafts utilise a shallow inclined bord and pillar mining method.. As at 31 December 2023, Rustenburg had total attributable 4E PGM Mineral Reserves of 9.3Moz …
An underexploited invisible gold resource in the Archean …
The tailings dumps originating from gold mining in South Africa's Witwatersrand still contain notable gold endowments. Most tailings reprocessing operations target a native gold fraction using ...
Radon exposure risks among residents proximal to gold mine tailings …
Introduction. In South Africa (SA), particularly in Gauteng province, most human settlements are close to gold mine tailings (1, 2).The province has more than 250 mine tailings; most of these are abandoned, unfenced, unguarded, unmaintained, and not vegetated, making them a substantial source of air and water pollution (3–5).Gold mine tailings account for almost …
Hazards identified and the need for health risk assessment in the South
Although mining is a cornerstone of the South African economy (), it generates copious amounts of dust. 1 The dusts may be toxic since they may also be contaminated with various toxic metals.For this reason, the prevalence and severity of occupational diseases in the mining industry depends on the ores mined, the contaminants present and also on the levels …
Jagersfontein Covered in Mining Waste
On September 11, 2022, a dam collapsed at a diamond mine in Jagersfontein, South Africa, and released a watery mixture of mining waste known as tailings. The sludge poured across the landscape, destroying …
MANAGEMENT OF TAILINGS: PAST, PRESENT AND …
hence change in tailings management for the mining industry as a whole will be generational. For context, this chapter first describes conventional ... possible, is widely employed in southern Africa, Australia and the south-west of the USA, which have in common a dry climate. Centerline and downstream construction, by contrast, is usually ...
South Africa: Jagersfontein tragedy highlights complicated …
The recent and tragic Jagersfontein tailings dam failure has brought into focus the complicated regulatory environment that exists for mine residue or 'tailings' facilities in South …
Burst mining dam in South Africa: what must be done to …
Jagersfontien, a small town in the middle of South Africa with over a century of mining history, ... Consequently, there are over 200 active tailings facilities in South Africa. While initial ...
Monitoring Tailings Dams
As the time approaches rapidly for mining companies to start reporting on the safety and monitoring of their tailing storage facilities (TSF), several proof-of-concept studies are being undertaken that range from physical site monitoring to a range of remote sensing methods. Satellite monitoring is one of the more time- and cost-effective options that are being …
Catalogue of South African mine tailings for
When production commences in December 2024, it will be the next milestone in Pan African's exceptional track record of developing and operating surface tailings retreatment plants to produce low-cost, high-margin ounces.
Mine waste leaves toxic legacies in South Africa
The first part of the seminar and online session will focus on South African Tailings facilities – highlighting the legal situation and the impacts on mining affected communities. The environmental, social and health effects of mine waste facilities, called tailings dams, are extreme and some speakers from affected communities will present ...
(PDF) Assessment of Radiological Hazards from Gold Mine Tailings …
Radiological hazards associated with exposure to Naturally Occurring Radionuclides Materials from gold mine tailings in the province of Gauteng in South Africa were evaluated. A comparison was ...
Mogale Tailings Retreatment project, South Africa – update
The project remains on schedule. Name of the Project Mogale Tailings Retreatment (MTR) project. Location Near Krugersdorp, to the west of Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa.
Accessing the growth potential of tailings …
The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy's tailings committee is working across the industry to advance tailings management and place it at the forefront of expenditure for mining ...
Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa
Mining alters the natural landscape and discharges large volumes of wastes that pose serious pollution hazards to the environment, to human health and to agriculture. As a result, the recent 2 decades have witnessed a global surge in research on post-mining landscape restoration, yielding a suite of techniques including physical, chemical, biological (also known …
The Haunting Legacy of South Africa's Gold …
In 2013, mining companies produced 562,000 times as much waste as gold, according to the South African Chamber of Mines. A decade before, that same ratio was less than half as large, at 212,000 to 1. Mining …
Tailings Storage Facilities | Tailings Management
Mr Danie Brink: Danie is an independent specialist tailings consultant. He has 37 years' experience in the field of mining and industrial waste management, with a particular focus on the design and surveillance of tailings storage facilities and the closure design of waste and tailings facilities. Danie resides in South Africa.
Gold tailings reclamation in South Africa
62370, Marshalltown, 2107, South Africa. b. Jacobus JP van Wyk (Prof.) Director Institute for Reclamation Ecology, Pot-chefstroom University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa. surf ace as sand dumps prior to 1921, and since then as slimes deposits. The combined area already exceeded 80 km2 in 1973. The advent of mines caused the
Jagersfontein Covered in Mining Waste
On September 11, 2022, a dam collapsed at a diamond mine in Jagersfontein, South Africa, and released a watery mixture of mining waste known as tailings.The sludge poured across the landscape, destroying homes, inundating rivers and grazing land, and injuring dozens.
In Situ Determination of Radioactivity Levels and …
The mining and processing of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) could result in elevated levels of natural radionuclides in the environment. The gold mining in the goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin of …
Mogale Gold tailings storage facilities, South Africa – update
Name of the Project Mogale Gold tailings storage facilities (TSFs). Location Near Krugersdorp, to the west of Johannesburg, in Gauteng, South Africa.
Radon exposure risks among residents proximal to gold mine tailings …
Gold mine tailings, a legacy of the mining industry, harbors significant amount of radon gas, a classified human carcinogen. Radon exposure, especially near tailings, is a significant public ...
Barberton Mines
In 2023, Barberton Mines solidified its position in the South African gold mining sector by producing an impressive 64,586 ounces of gold. With a capacity nearing 110,000 oz/annum, our operations are not only vast but also efficient, boasting an All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC) of just $1,810 per ounce.
Progress at Pan African's gold tailings treatment
Excellent progress has reportedly been made with the construction of the R2.5-billion gold tailings retreatment project, west of Johannesburg, on Gauteng's West Rand. The continued momentum of ...
How A South African Town Became Buried in …
Experts estimate that South Africa has hundreds of tailings dams, which mining watchdogs say is the legacy of an exploitative industry that extracts lucrative gems for jewelry stores abroad, while ...
Practical steps to Global Industry Standard on Tailings
The GISTM Requirements vs the South African regulations South Africa is considered as one of the leading countries when it comes to the tailing-related regulations and standards which are aimed at preventing tailings dam failures. SANS 10286 is based on the ISO management principles and provides a good base for tailings management in general. The
Converting Tailings Dumps into Mineral Resources
Similarly, tailings dumps arising from the processing of chrome ore in the Lower Group reefs of the BC are also being retreated to recover PGEs. Several commercially profitable enterprises have also been set up with the sole intention of retreating tailings dumps arising from South Africa's Witwatersrand gold processing operations.