Author:Schweitzer, JK; Johnson, RADate:Jun 1997As depth of mining increases, so the production costs of the aurifereous Witwatersrand deposits are continuously increasing, with some mines already mining at depths exceeding 3500 m. Health and safety aspects are, simultaneously, gaining in ...Read more
Author:Van Schoor, Michael; du Pisani, P; Vogt, DDate:28 Feb 2006The two major precious metal ore deposits of South Africa, the Bushveld Complex (platinum) and the Witwatersrand Basin (gold), exhibit remarkable lateral continuity on a regional scale. Consequently, the geometry of the respective planar ...Read more