Author:Van Schoor, Michael; Du Pisani, P; Vogt, DDate:Jul 2006The economic horizons of the 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 ...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
Author:Riemer, KL; Durrheim, RJDate:Jun 2012The Kaapvaal Craton in South Africa hosts one of the largest gold placer deposits in the world. Mining in the Witwatersrand Basin here has been the source of about one third to one half of the gold ever produced in the world. Gold was discovered ...Read more
Author:Hobbs, PJ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH; Rascher, J; Cobbing, JEDate:May 2010While South Africa has made significant progress in shifting policy frameworks to address mine closure and mine-water management, and the mining industry has changed their practices to conform to new regulations, vulnerabilities in the current ...Read more
Author:Willis, PHDate:Jan 2000Since the 14th CMMI conference, held in Edinburgh in 1990, at which a paper was presented by the author (Willis, 1990) reviewing the role of integrating new technology as a survival strategy for South African gold mines, considerable change ...Read more