Mining industry of South Africa | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-03

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00:02:11 1 History
00:05:20 1.1 Coal
00:05:49 1.2 Gold
00:08:41 1.3 Diamonds
00:09:52 1.4 Platinum and palladium
00:10:55 1.5 Chromium
00:11:48 1.6 Uranium
00:13:36 1.7 Working conditions
00:19:52 1.8 Rand Rebellion
00:20:15 1.9 2007 strike
00:21:29 1.10 2012 Lonmin strike
00:23:29 2 Politics
00:24:08 3 See also



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Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. Large-scale and profitable mining started with the discovery of a diamond on the banks of the Orange River in 1867 by Erasmus Jacobs and the subsequent discovery and exploitation of the Kimberley pipes a few years later. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
Diamond and gold production are now well down from their peaks, though South Africa is still number 5 in gold but remains a cornucopia of mineral riches. It is the world's largest producer of chrome, manganese, platinum, vanadium and vermiculite. It is the second largest producer of ilmenite, palladium, rutile and zirconium. It is also the world's third largest coal exporter. South Africa is also a huge producer of iron ore; in 2012, it overtook India to become the world's third-biggest iron ore supplier to China, the world's largest consumers of iron ore.Due to a history of corruption and maladministration in the South African mining sector, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe announced at the beginning of 2013 that mining companies misrepresenting their intentions could have their licences revoked.