Indigenous Gold Mining in Southern Africa: A Review

The history of gold mining and gold trade in southern Africa goes back nearly I 000 years. Given the number of early gold mines and the records oflively trade on the east coast, the scale of …

Iron and steel in South Africa | Journal of the Southern African

This paper gives a technical review of the history, occurrence, mining, and metallurgy of iron in South Africa. The reserves of iron ore worldwide and in South Africa are revIewed, and …

INDIGENOUS IRON PRODUCTION IN SOUTHERN …

Iron metalworking KwaGandaganda, South South 79-89. 9 Age SouthAfrica', Journal CentralCattle AfricanJournal Science 89, Miller, jewellery—Iron northwestern 1-124; der (η.1); …

Precolonial Metallurgy and Mining across Africa

However, the onset of metallurgy and mining and the associated technology and sociocultural beliefs varied from region to region in a way that defies generalization. Owing to their cultural …

Mining in South Africa: An In-Depth Exploration

Known for its rich mineral resources and diverse mining operations, South Africa plays a crucial role in the global mining industry. This article provides a comprehensive overview of South African mining, covering …

An economic and mineral revolution took place long before …

So, it is clear that an economic and mineral revolution took place long before Europeans settled South Africa's Cape. Colonial processes of globalisation and the mineral …

A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca.

Slag blocks at Otobo-Dunuoka village square, Lejja, Nsukka area, Nigeria.. The subsequent spread of ironworking technology to central, East and South Africa was linked to the expansion of Bantu-speaking groups, a few …

Mining in South Africa

Mining in South Africa began with chance discovery of a diamond on the banks of the Orange River in 1867. By the 1880s, the mines around Kimberley produced around 95% of the world diamonds. In 1886, on the farm of Langlaagte, the …

Mining

An overview chapter about the economic history of colonial mining in sub-Saharan Africa published in a classical volume about the colonial economic history of Africa. It …

Pre-colonial mining in southern Africa

southern Africa during the Iron Age8. Pre-colonial mining in southern Africa by A. Hammel*, C. White*, S. Pfeiffer†, and D. Miller‡ Synopsis This paper summarizes indigenous mining …

The Archaeology of Metal Production in Southern Africa. In …

The mining and production of copper, iron, and later, tin and gold were important activities in the lives of communities in southern Africa throughout the past two millennia.

History of mining in Africa

Overview of mining in Africa. 3 1471, they met Africans already trading in gold. 1 ' During the pre-colonial era, Africans used various mining techniques including alluvial mining, panning, …

History

Receive the latest news and information from the South African Iron and Steel Institute. Read More. Introduction. The history of South Africa's steel industry is a compelling narrative of …

Iscor Limited -- Company History

1916: The first ferrous ore mining operation in South Africa is established. 1927: "Pact" government creates South Africa Iron and Steel Corporation (Iscor), which becomes the …

South Africa

South Africa - Iron Age, Bantu, Khoisan: Because the first farmers had knowledge of ironworking, their archaeological sites are characterized as Iron Age (c. 200 ce). New groups …

Digging deep : a history of mining in South Africa, 1852-2002

Jade Davenport has, for the first time, written the complete history of South Africa's phenomenal mineral revolution, spanning a period of more than 150 years, from its earliest commercial …

A history of mining in South Africa

Such events are rooted in a strike led by the African Mine Workers' Union in August 1946. Miners of the Witwatersrand were demanding higher pay: an extra 10 shillings a day. The strike went …

South Africa's Iron Ore Industry

The South African Iron Ore Cluster Page 1 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY South Africa has built the model economy within Sub-Saharan Africa by exploiting its abundant mineral and natural …

Iron Age mining in the Transvaal

South African Iron Age was defined by Masons in 1952.-By the end of the 1920s enough information had accumulated for Wagner9 to draw a map showing the pre-European mine …

history of iron mining in south africa

Anglo American - Kumba Iron Ore - Sishen mine. Our history; Anglo American plc ... Most of Sishen mine's iron ore was exported, with around 6,2Mt of its production being supplied to …

Mining: a brief history | Statistics South Africa

Mining: a brief history. The 1970s are best remembered for disco, bell-bottoms, and the mesmerising lava lamp. It was also the decade that saw South African mining forge ahead in its influence on the economy and …

Minerals and Mining in South Africa 4

Minerals and Mining in South Africa Paul A. M. Nex and Judith A. Kinnaird Abstract Mining in southern Africa has a long pre-colonial history. Haematite mining in Swaziland can be traced …

A history of mining in South Africa

Mining in South Africa has been a contentious issue since 15-year-old Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs discovered South Africa's first diamond, the Eureka, in Hopetown in 1867.

Iron ore – Anglo American South Africa

In South Africa, our iron ore operations are made up of a 69.7% shareholding in Kumba Iron Ore Limited, a leading supplier of seaborne iron ore. ... Where we mine iron ore in South Africa. …

A History of Gold Mining in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania

The African continent is richly endowed with significant mineral, oil and gas resources, including large reserves of gold. As noted in the previous chapter, the continent is …

Brief history of coal mining in South Africa

Coal used in South Africa during Iron Age when charcoal was used to melt iron and copper 1864 Commercial coal mining commences in the eastern Cape near Molteno Early ... Coal sector is …

Smelter and Smith: Iron Age Metal Fabrication Technology in Southern Africa

Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 75 (1975), pp. 185-191. View in Scopus Google Scholar. 16. ... Extractive metallurgy in Iron Age South Africa. …

History of mining in South Africa

A Perspective on the South African Mining Industry in the …

At the start of the new century, the South African mining cluster is making a rich and varied ... Zinc, iron ore and nickel. South Africa may develop a large zinc industry over the next five …

history of iron mining in south africa

South Africa - Gold and Diamonds. South Africa Table of Contents. South Africa's modern history has often been dated from the first commercial mining of diamonds and gold in the 1870s and …