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The regulation of sand mining in South Africa - University of
Sand mining in South Africa is controlled by a complex regulatory system that can be distilled into three main themes: mineral regulation; environmental regulation; and land use planning regulation. In this thesis, it is hypothesised that sand mining is subject to all three regulatory
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Sand mining governance in post-apartheid South Africa:
This viewpoint explores the performance of land governance institutions, at multiple scales, regarding sand mining on the Wild Coast of South Africa, where six local municipalities share
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Overview of the Sand and Aggregate Industry-edited
scale mining? The sand and aggregate industry comprises some 421 registered operating quarries in South Africa. About 335 quarry operators submit production returns to the DME.
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Law, sand, order: inside South African sand mining
2022.5.12 ASPASA says illegal sand mining is taking a damaging toll in South Africa. Unprotected pits create drowning hazards for people and animals, and the failure of law enforcement has led to increasingly sophisticated and
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Sand mining governance in post-apartheid South Africa:
This viewpoint explores the challenge of the intersection of demand for sand, concerns over its exploitation and its governance in South Africa. Mainly drawing on secondary literature review
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Law, sand, order: inside South African sand
ASPASA says that illegal sand mining is taking a damaging toll in South Africa. Unprotected pits create drowning hazards for people and animals, and the failure of law enforcement has led to increasingly sophisticated and larger scale
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INR Sand Mining - SA Cities
INR Sand Mining. Sand-mining can be a lucrative business for local communities, but they are often unaware of the government structures (such as the Directorate of Small Scale Mining within the Department of Mineral Resource and Energy)
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Drivers and effects of construction-sand mining in Sub-Saharan Africa ...
2023.12.1 We reviewed 93 journal articles on sand mining in Sub-Saharan Africa. •. 91 % of literature being published within the most recent 5 years. •. People mine sand due to low
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Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa - SAIIA
2022.8.14 Natural sand from estuary and coastal land is one of South Africa’s most valuable resources. However, there has recently been a drastic increase in uncontrolled and
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Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa - SAIIA
2014.12.15 The frameworks governing small-scale sand mining in South Africa lack the necessary financial and human resource capacities to support better environmental compliance, and the enforcement mechanisms to
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INR Sand Mining - SA Cities
Showcase of Sustainability Practices in South Africa; Good Hood Stories; Visualisation Studios Practice Note; Healing Fields; IUDF Seed Funding; Citopoly; ... Information on the sand-mining permit application process, how to access
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Drivers and effects of construction-sand mining in Sub-Saharan Africa ...
2023.12.1 Sand mining in the Nzhelele River in South Africa is taking place in close proximity to local communities, and the water in these areas is found to be posing serious health challenges due to its often contaminated quality (Gondo et al., 2019).
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(PDF) The effects of sand mining on rural
2016.12.6 Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa. Gove rmance of . Africas Resource Programme. [12] S ad a, R. a nd Sh e s t ha, A., 2 01 3. R e p or t o f S t a te of S a nd Mi n i n g a t P e r-Urban ...
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Overview of the Sand and Aggregate Industry-edited
scale mining? The sand and aggregate industry comprises some 421 registered operating quarries in South Africa. About 335 quarry operators submit production returns to the DME. According to ASPASA the DME statistics represents approximately 50 percent of all sand and aggregate producers in South Africa, and about 75 percent of total volume.
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The conflict potential of sand: Illegal sand mining on the
2024.2.20 Headlines like “The Coming Sand Wars” (Beiser, 2019 in Foreign Policy), “The Deadly Global War for Sand (Beiser, 2015 in Wired), or “Kenya’s Sand Wars” (Constable, 2017 in Al Jazeera) point toward the conflict potential of sand.In this study, we seek to provide an overview of illegal sand mining activities in Africa and point out in which African countries
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Regulatory and policy implications of sand mining along
2019.7.4 Sand mining policy in South Africa. A regulatory system has been designed to govern all mining operations, including sand mining. Three main themes, namely mineral regulation, environmental regulation and land use planning regulation, can be discerned (Green 2012). Although these three are broader and much more generic to the otherwise wider ...
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Go-ahead for mining on ten West Coast beaches, South Africa
2020.4.2 Beach and dune sand mining, South Africa. ©Photo courtesy of: “Sand Wars” Multi Award-Winning Filmmaker: Denis Delestrac (©-2013). Excerpts; South Africa’s Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has dismissed most of the appeals against the approval in 2019 of vastly expanded beach mining operations on the West Coast north of the Olifants River
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The coastal heavy mineral sand deposits of Africa South
Only three of the mines, all located in South Africa, have their own smelters that convert ilmenite into titanium slag and pig iron. Coastal environments are all eco-sensitive and mine site rehabilitation is employed throughout, including effective disposal of radiogenic tailings associated with high U+Th zircon and monazite.
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The regulation of sand mining in South Africa - University of
Sand, an important input to the construction industry, is extensively mined from the environment leading to depletion of the resource as well as damage to riparian habitat and the alteration of river beds and banks. Sand mining in South Africa is controlled by a complex regulatory system that can be distilled into three main themes: mineral regulation; environmental regulation; and
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Tormin Mineral Sands Operation - Mineral Commodities Ltd
2024.11.11 Situated on South Africa’s west coast, approximately 400km north of Cape Town, Tormin is a world-class placer beach mineral sands deposit, hosting some of the richest concentrated grades of naturally occurring zircon, ilmenite, rutile, magnetite and garnet.
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(PDF) The physical and environmental impacts of
2016.8.10 It is also recommended that sand mining sites should be sited outside sensitive environments. ... Transactions of the Ro yal Society of South Africa, DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2016.1209701.
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Regulatory and policy implications of sand mining along
2020.1.24 Sand mining policy in South Africa A regulatory system has been designed to govern all mining operations, including sand mining. Three main themes, namely mineral regulation, environmental regulation and land use planning
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Tracing and Determining the Duration of Illegal
2023.9.5 Artisanal and Small-scale river sand mining is one of the upcoming activities associated with the environmental crisis concerning the water ecosystem. However, the determination of the duration in which illegal sand
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Perceptions on the environmental impacts of illegal river sand mining ...
2024.7.12 Nevertheless, the community's perspectives concerning these effects have not been determined. Thus, the aim of the investigation was to assess community perceptions regarding the environmental consequences linked to river sand mining in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. The study employed mixed methods to acquire the primary data.
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Mission Point Mining 130tph Sand Wash Plant in South Africa
Founded in 2011, Mission Point Mining (MPM) is now a major player in the South African sand production industry and employs 30 people on its mining site in Sasolburg. The company formerly used a bucket wheel system to wash their product however they were only getting approximately 90% pure silica sand from the wash plant and losing fines.
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Regulation and remediation of the impacts of mine wastes
2021.11.18 15 Elvis Fosso-Kankeu, Alusani Manyatshe and Frans Waanders, ‘Mobility Potential of Metals in Acid Mine Drainage Occurring in the Highveld Area of Mpumalanga Province in South Africa: Implication of Sediments and Efflorescent Crusts’ (2017) 119 International Biodeterioration Biodegradation 661, 662; FG Bell, SET Bullock, TFJ Hälbich
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(PDF) The Impacts of Sand Mining on Water Quality: A South
2023.7.28 The Impacts of Sand Mining on Water Quality: A South African Perspective. DOI: 10.5220/0011950900003536 In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Water, Ecology and Environment (ISWEE ...
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Sand Mining - Coast KZN
As a result, sand mining in South Africa is almost completely unquantified. A study in 2006/7 identified over 60 mining operations affecting 18 of KZN’s estuaries between the uThukela in the north and the uMthavuna in the south. A new study by the Oceanographic Research Institute has surveyed satellite data between 2001 and 2018 to estimate ...
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The regulation of sand mining in South Africa - University of
Sand, an important input to the construction industry, is extensively mined from the environment leading to depletion of the resource as well as damage to riparian habitat and the alteration of river beds and banks. Sand mining in South Africa is controlled by a complex regulatory system that can be distilled into three main themes: mineral regulation; environmental regulation; and
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