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The Department of Mineral Resources is a department of the national government of South Africa which is responsible for overseeing the mining industry of South Africa and the exploitation of the country's mineral resources. The department's origins lie the creation in the 1890s of the " Department van Mijnwezen " (Department of Mining) in the government of the Transvaal Republic. [1] It has ...
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy ( DMRE) is a department of the South African government which is responsible for the mining industry of South Africa, exploitation of the country's mineral resources, and the energy industry. It was known as the Department of Minerals and Energy until July 2009 when it was divided by President ...
This list of mines in South Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output.
Mining industry of South Africa. An aerial view of the Two Rivers mine in Steelpoort, Limpopo, owned by both African Rainbow Minerals and Impala Platinum holdings limited. Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force [1] behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. [2]
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa. Deputy. Nobuhle Nkabane. Salary. R 2,401,633 [1] Website. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy is a minister in the cabinet of the South African national government. The portfolio was called the Ministry of Minerals and Energy until May 2009, when ...
Mponeng is an ultra-deep tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province. [1] Previously know as Western Deep Levels No1 Shaft, the mine began operations in 1986. [2] It is one of the most substantial gold mine mines in world in terms of production and magnitude, reaching over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) below the surface. [3] [4] At this depth Mponeng takes the ...
The Minerals Council South Africa is a South African mining-industry employer organisation. Its members include famous South African mining houses such as Anglo American, De Beers, Gold Fields and Harmony. [1] In its current form, it was founded in 1968 as the Chamber of Mines, a South African wide organization.
East Rand Proprietary Mines ( ERPM) is a 125-year-old underground gold mining operation on the Witwatersrand Basin at Boksburg, to the east of Johannesburg. The mine employed 3,850 people. It was the deepest mine in the world until 2008 at 3,585 metres depth, slightly more than the TauTona mine, also in South Africa, which was 3,581 metres at the time (in 2008 the TauTona mine completed a ...