In 1999, South Africa produced 62 mineral commodities from 695 mines and quarries, including 530 industrial (half devoted to aggregate and sand production), 61 coal, 54 diamond, and 53 gold operations. In 1999, the mining and minerals processing through semimanufactured products accounted for more than 500,000 jobs, of which 437,000 were in the primary mining sector (466,700 in 1998, and 778,000 in 1990).
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Get PriceToday South Africa maintains its position as a major diamond producer. 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.
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Get PriceThe Finsch mine, part of the Petra Diamonds group, is South Africa’s second largest producer and operates exclusively as an underground mine using conventional sub-level caving methods. Finsch produces an annual 1.3Mct at present but is being expanded to raise production to 2Mct by 2018.
Get PriceAccording to the SA Chamber of Mines’ data, the mining sector directly employs 464,667 workers, who earn a total of R126 billion – averaging out to R271,100 per worker. While South Africa is perhaps best known as a gold mining country, platinum (PGM) mining is much bigger than gold – while coal mines bring in the most money.
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