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The mining sector is essential in the economic development of many resource rich African countries as it has the potential to finance infrastructural developments which are much needed in Africa. This is due to the fact that various minerals are used as raw materials...
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In 1871, prospectors exploring a remote stretch of land in South Africa stumbled upon a rich deposit of diamonds. Fifteen years later, gold was discovered in the region, which was once regarded as a "worthless jumble of British colonies." What followed was an epic struggle for control between the colonizing British and the native Boer …
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The History of Jewish Control of the South African Diamond Industry Published by ManTalk - 20 April 2015 3:29 PM - De Beers' operations account for 94 per cent of South Africa's diamond output.
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Diamond Mining | Famous Diamonds | Diamonds Through The Ages. The story of diamonds in South Africa begins between December 1866 and February 1867 when 15-year-old Erasmus Jacobs found a transparent rock on his father's farm, on the south bank of the Orange River. Over the next few years, South Africa yielded more diamonds …
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Learn about the Mineral Revolution in South Africa, which started with diamond discovery in 1867 and intensified with gold discovery in 1886. Explore how …
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Harington, J. S.; N. D. McGlashan and E. Z. Chelkowska. 'A Century of Migrant Labour in the Gold Mines of South Africa'. The Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol. 104, No. 2, March 2004, pp. 65–71. Google Scholar Katz, Elaine. The White Death: Silicosis on the Witwatersrand Gold Mines 1886–1910
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Diamond mines at Kimberly yielded more diamonds than any other operation before. Within a year of the first diamond claims more than 50,000 people were living in tents and make do shelters. Africans numbered about 30,000 and about 10% actually owned diamond claims, others were migrant laborers.
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During the 19th century, British colonizers had control over the gold and diamond mining industry in South Africa. The discovery of diamonds in 1867 and gold in 1886 sparked a …
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In 1871, prospectors exploring a remote stretch of land in South Africa stumbled upon a rich deposit of diamonds. Fifteen years later, gold was discovered in …
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In more than 150 years of mining history, southern Africa has consistently been the dominant producer of the world's diamond supply (McKechnie, 2019), producing some of the world's largest and ...
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Innes, D. 1975. The exercise of control in the diamond industry of South Africa: Some preliminary remarks. African Studies institute, university of the Witwatersrand. African Studies Seminar Paper, March 1975. [ Links ] Janse, A.J.A. 1995. A history of diamond sources in Africa: Part I. Gems and Gemology, vol. 34, no. 4. pp. 228-255
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Mining Of Gold Diamond In South Africa In 19th Century. Mining Of Gold Diamond In South Africa In 19th Century. Britain, diamond mining and increasing labour control and land expansion.Before south africas vast mineral wealth was discovered in the late nineteenth century, there was a general belief that southern africa was almost …
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The discovery of world-class diamond and gold deposits in the latter half of the 19th century laid the foundations for transformation of South Africa from an essentially agricultural to a modern industrial economy. Mining − embracing numerous other minerals too, in which South Africa has an exceptional geological endowment − remained at the ...
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South Africa, until the mid-19 th century a predominately agricultural society in which most people, black or ... The gold mine owners faced three challenges to maximizing their profits: the gold deposits, although vast, ... The requirement was more consistently enforced after the diamond and gold rushes began, in an ...
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The De Beers Diamond Consortium, a South African-British corporation, is a major player in the diamond mining industry in South Africa. It specializes in diamond mining, diamond exploitation, diamond retail, diamond trading, and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors.
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The mineral wealth of South Africa has been exploited by Homo sapiens for at least 40,000 years and has provided many and varied commodities including gold, platinum and diamonds. This chapter provides a historical perspective on minerals and mining mainly in South Africa, although it does occasionally stray across the borders …
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Situated along South Africa's west coast, near the border with Namibia, Baken boasts a landscape of rugged beauty, renowned for its diamond-rich terrain and stark coastal vistas. Operating within a region steeped in diamond mining history, Baken represents a continuation of this legacy, with LOR streamlining administrative processes …
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A 274-carat masterpiece cut from a 599-carat stone, the Centenary diamond is one of the world's largest flawless examples of the gem. It was discovered in 1986 at the De Beers-owned Premier Mine ...
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A brief history of labour control in South Africa: Migrant Labour and the Recruitments, 1890s-1970s. Available: A brief History of Black Labour control in South Africa: Migrant Labour and Recruitments, 1890s-1970s – Ditsong Museums of South Africa Accessed [2022, May 28] Wilson, F., 1972. Labour in the South African gold mines 1911-1969 …
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The Venetia diamond mine, which opened in 1992, is De Beers Consolidated Mines' flagship operation. Situated 80km from Musina (formerly Messina) in Limpopo Province, and involving an investment of R1.1bn ($400m), the mine is South Africa's largest diamond producer, with an output of about 4Mct of diamond.
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A prime example of an investor is De Beers South Africa, which was owned by Cecil John Rhodes and became the largest ... In the 1910 Union of South Africa the Afrikaners controlled South Africa …
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Francis Wilson, Minerals and Migrants: How the Mining Industry Has Shaped South Africa, Daedalus, Vol. 130, No. 1, Why South Africa Matters (Winter, 2001), pp. 99-121
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The De Beers Consolidated Mines Company controlled most diamond mining in South Africa and influenced international trade through a diamond-producers' alliance, or cartel …
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The construction of power stations on the coalfields of Witbank and Delmas established fossil fuels, and by extension mining, as the primary source of South African power, while the combination of the Venterspost, Libanon and Kloof gold mines into a single operation by 1968 established a project that has gone on to produce around …
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South Africa - Economy, Mining, Manufacturing: The economy of South Africa was revolutionized in the late 19th century when diamonds and gold were discovered there. Extensive investment from foreign capital followed. In the years since World War II, the country has established a well-developed manufacturing base, and it …
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A review of the history, current status and future trends of diamond production in the region, covering South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola, the DRC, Lesotho and …
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"The Diamond Mines of South Africa – Some Account of their Rise and Development," G.F. Williams, Macmillan Company, New York, 681 pp. (1902). This book provides the most detailed description …
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This year, 2017, is the 150th anniversary of the discovery of diamonds in South Africa. Actually, that is probably not strictly true, as diamonds might have been discovered earlier by people who never put them to commercial use. But the discovery of the fi rst diamond on the banks of the Orange River near Hopetown in 1867 sparked off the development …
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South Africa experienced a transformation between 1870, when the diamond rush to Kimberley began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. Midway between these dates, in 1886, the world's …
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PHOTOS: South Africa's zama-zamas risk their lives in deserted diamond mines : Goats and Soda Photos show the desperate search for scraps left by big diamond operators. But amid rampant poverty ...
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Source: Francis Wilson and Mamphela Ramphele, Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge. Cape Town, David Philip, 1989, p.116). F.A. Johnstone characterises the social evils associated with the gold mining in South Africa: The gold mining industry was a capitalist system of production based upon a capitalist social structure.
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Diamond mining in South Africa. The underground mining and recovery of diamonds continues to this day in the vicinity of Kimberley, the site of the early main discoveries in the 19 th century. It is, however, on limited scale with a major focus on reprocessing old tailings dumps to recover diamonds left behind by older recovery processes.
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Learn about the discovery and exploration of diamonds in South Africa from 1867 to 1893 through articles and reports from the 1800s and 1900s. Find out how diamonds were found, identified, and …
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F F ast forward to the late 20th century, and South African diamonds are still sought after, with an estimated R16-billion worth of the stones sold locally and internationally per year.. Diamond miners were …
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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 home to a large portion of the world's mineral wealth, including 42 per cent of the world's known gold reserves (Bush, 2008, p. 361).The continent's largest producer of gold, …
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Learn how the discovery of diamonds and gold in the late nineteenth century transformed the South African economy and society. Explore how the mining industry controlled black workers through compounds, …
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