derilict and ownerless coal mines in south africa

Derelict and Ownerless Mines Project - Geoscience

2021-10-29  The renewed contract for the Derelict and Ownerless (DO) mines project commenced on April 01, 2015, and will continue until the 2017/18 financial year. The DO project is funded by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). Generally the scope of the project entails the DO mine database management and maintenance; Specialist studies on the D ...

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Mining Charter; Derelict and Ownerless ... - South Africa

2010-10-11  M anagement and rehabilitation of derelict and ownerless (DO) mines A DO mine was not merely an abandoned mine, it was a mine of which the owners were untraceable. Such a mine became the responsibility of the state. Mining in South Africa started in 1661 and the first attempts to regulate it only started in 1903, with the Transvaal Mining Laws.

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Ownerless and derelict mines rehabilitation ... - South Africa

2010-5-13  Since the start of mining in South Africa, there had been very little State involvement and this had meant that reference could not be made to any database of ownership when addressing derelict and ownerless mines. Additionally, there had been no consistence in

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Strategy for the management of derelict and ownerless ...

Strategy for the management of derelict and ownerless mines in South Africa January 2008 Publisher: Report by the Council for Geoscience to the Department of Minerals and Energy

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Department of Minerals and Energy, 2009, The National ...

2021-10-17  Department of Mineral Resources, 2009. The National Strategy for the Management of Derelict and Ownerless Mines in South Africa TABLE OF CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION 5. 1.1 Problem Statement 5 ... such as contaminated water and soil, mining chemicals, explosives, radioactivity, windblown dust and, in the case of coal mines, spontaneous combustion of ...

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Progress on the management and rehabilitation of

2021-2-5  Progress on the management and rehabilitation of Derelict and ownerless mines 12 October 2010. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Definition. History of the legacy. ... This is the first time in the history of South Africa that a comprehensive database has ... • Coal Mines – Prevention of access to dangerous coal mine (Transvaal

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DMRE PRESENTATION ON DERELICT AND OWNERLESS

2019-9-26  DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT INTERV 8 The democratic government of South Africa legally embargoed the mining of asbestos in 1999 due to its extreme health hazard. Early 2000, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) initiated a research programme on derelict and ownerless mines in order to:

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MTK 39/2015/16 MINTEK DERELICT AND OWNERLESS

2018-6-15  PO Box 6002 Halfway House 1685, South Africa Building 1, Maxwell Office Park, Magwa Crescent West c/o Allandale Road Maxwell Drive, Waterfall City, Midrand T: 011 207 2060 F: 086 674 6121 E: [email protected] Directors : Dr. R.G.M. Heath, S. Pillay, N. Rajasakran MTK 39/2015/16 MINTEK DERELICT AND OWNERLESS MINES REHABILITATION

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Rehabilitation of mines South African Government

2 天前  The strategy for managing and rehabilitating derelict and ownerless mines aims to guide the management of the environmental legacies of mining. It proposes a prudent course of action for the state to discharge its responsibility regarding constitutional rights as contemplated in Section 24 of the Constitution. The implementation of the strategy ...

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Paper: South Africa’s challenges pertaining to mine ...

The prioritisation of these mines for rehabilitation as a follow up on the strategy for the management of derelict and ownerless mines of South Africa is also discussed.

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Progress on the management and rehabilitation of

2021-2-5  Progress on the management and rehabilitation of Derelict and ownerless mines 12 October 2010. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Definition. History of the legacy. ... This is the first time in the history of South Africa that a comprehensive database has ... • Coal Mines – Prevention of access to dangerous coal mine (Transvaal

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DMRE PRESENTATION ON DERELICT AND OWNERLESS

2019-9-26  DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT INTERV 8 The democratic government of South Africa legally embargoed the mining of asbestos in 1999 due to its extreme health hazard. Early 2000, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) initiated a research programme on derelict and ownerless mines in order to:

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Derelict and Ownerless Mines Project Success Story - Devart

South Africa. Product used. UniDAC. Arnoldus Francois Smit started to use UniDAC at the Council for Geoscience, Pretoria on the Derelict and Ownerless Mines Project using the non-spatial Firebird database engine. As part of this project, he had to create several ad-hoc applications to read an Oracle, SQL Server and an MS Access database to ...

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MTK 39/2015/16 MINTEK DERELICT AND OWNERLESS

2018-6-15  PO Box 6002 Halfway House 1685, South Africa Building 1, Maxwell Office Park, Magwa Crescent West c/o Allandale Road Maxwell Drive, Waterfall City, Midrand T: 011 207 2060 F: 086 674 6121 E: [email protected] Directors : Dr. R.G.M. Heath, S. Pillay, N. Rajasakran MTK 39/2015/16 MINTEK DERELICT AND OWNERLESS MINES REHABILITATION

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Paper: South Africa’s challenges pertaining to mine ...

The prioritisation of these mines for rehabilitation as a follow up on the strategy for the management of derelict and ownerless mines of South Africa is also discussed. References: Bullock, S.E.T and Bell, F.G. (1997) Some problems associated with past

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY

2010-12-8  of mining in South Africa requires a concerted effort to mitigate further degradation and pollution, as well as a potential impact on communities in surrounding areas. In response, the Department has: • developed a rehabilitation management strategy for derelict and ownerless mines, which is ready for tabling before and

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Dr. Wayne F. Truter - AZEF

“Currently, there are about 5 858 derelict and ownerless mines in South Africa, with the biggest number, some 1 037, in the Northern Cape, followed by 945 in the North West province. The DMR’s yearly performance plan for 2012/13 committed it to the rehabilitation of 12 derelict and ownerless mines”

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R30 billion is just the start of South Africa’s mining ...

2012-8-15  Colvin adds; “South Africa’s mining industry is the one of the largest in the world and mining accounts for nearly a fifth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product. While jobs and revenue generated by mining are essential to the South African

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Challenges and strategies of abandoned mine

2019-10-1  1. Introduction. Abandoned mines are an issue faced in many mining jurisdictions, with a number having developed plans to manage the impact of these through rehabilitation. 1 The risks posed by abandoned mines are largely related to public health and safety and the environment, but vary depending on the proximity to the community, the extent of the disturbance and ongoing pollution, the

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Unathi Mahlati - Cape Town Area, South Africa ...

Derelict and Ownerless Mines in South Africa Apr 2013 - Nov 2014. Rehabiliation of Derilict and Ownerless mines in South Africa SAMPLING KEI KIESKAMMAHOEK

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Progress on the management and rehabilitation of

2021-2-5  Progress on the management and rehabilitation of Derelict and ownerless mines 12 October 2010. PRESENTATION OUTLINE Definition. History of the legacy. ... This is the first time in the history of South Africa that a comprehensive database has ... • Coal Mines – Prevention of access to dangerous coal mine (Transvaal

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DMRE PRESENTATION ON DERELICT AND OWNERLESS

2019-9-26  DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT INTERV 8 The democratic government of South Africa legally embargoed the mining of asbestos in 1999 due to its extreme health hazard. Early 2000, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) initiated a research programme on derelict and ownerless mines in order to:

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Derelict and Ownerless Mines Project Success Story - Devart

South Africa. Product used. UniDAC. Arnoldus Francois Smit started to use UniDAC at the Council for Geoscience, Pretoria on the Derelict and Ownerless Mines Project using the non-spatial Firebird database engine. As part of this project, he had to create several ad-hoc applications to read an Oracle, SQL Server and an MS Access database to ...

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More than 6k derelict mines with no owners – mining

2016-9-8  South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant on Thursday said mistakes of the past, which have left the country with more than 6 000 “derelict and ownerless mines ...

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AN ASSESSMENT OF ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION

2021-7-7  mines for which no owner or responsible party can be found are called orphaned mines (Fields 2003). The term derelict and ownerless mine is used to define the same phenomenon in South Africa (Department of Mineral Resources 2009). For the purpose of this study, all mine sites in which mining activity has ceased and for any reason no

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The status and implications of the AMD legacy facing

2012-10-21  Most of the derelict and ownerless coal mines are found in the Mpumalanga Province. According to Bell et al. (2001) the coal mining operations around the 1908 used the room and pillar method, and later around the 1930s to the 1940s the pillars were robbed over extensive mining area. This resulted in subsidence

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The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR)

2016-2-19  abundance of its natural resources, South Africa is a leading producer and supplier of a range of minerals and produced approximately 53 different minerals from 1 712 mines and quarries in 2013. Gold was produced from 53 mines, platinum-group metals (PGMs) from 43 mines, coal from 143 mines and diamonds from 388 mines, all as primary commodities.

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Dr. Wayne F. Truter - AZEF

“Currently, there are about 5 858 derelict and ownerless mines in South Africa, with the biggest number, some 1 037, in the Northern Cape, followed by 945 in the North West province. The DMR’s yearly performance plan for 2012/13 committed it to the

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R30 billion is just the start of South Africa’s mining ...

2012-8-15  Colvin adds; “South Africa’s mining industry is the one of the largest in the world and mining accounts for nearly a fifth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product. While jobs and revenue generated by mining are essential to the South African

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Unathi Mahlati - Cape Town Area, South Africa ...

Derelict and Ownerless Mines in South Africa Apr 2013 - Nov 2014. Rehabiliation of Derilict and Ownerless mines in South Africa SAMPLING KEI KIESKAMMAHOEK

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