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Whether South Africas Illegal Gold Mining Problem Is Measured in Revenue, Security Risks, or Human Livesin the End, Everyone Loses. South Africa is the worlds fifth largest producer of gold, with the gold mining sector representing approximately two percent of South Africas GDP.
Illegal gold mining costs South Africas government and industry more than 20 billion rand ( billion) a year in lost sales, taxes and royalties, the Chamber of Mines estimated in an
South Africa''s Illegal Miners Risk Everything for Gold
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#0183;#32;In South Africa, for instance, illegal miners are a law unto themselves. As long as there are gold buyers from Miami to Moscow, he said, quot;illegal gold mining will keep thriving.quot;
Illegal mining in South Africa is among the most lucrative on the continent, pushing miners to risk health and safety in mostly abandoned shafts. But the chance to strike it rich drives the miners
A big driver of illegal mining is rising commodity prices. It is estimated that about 10% of South Africa''s gold production is stolen and smuggled out of the country about R7billion a year.
The truth about South Africa''s illegal mining industry The playing field is spread over 6,000 disused gold, diamond, chrome and platinum mines across South Africa.
Golds high value, the large number of abandoned old gold mining areas and the ease of finding willing buyers has made it a commodity easily targeted for illegal mining. According to PwC South Africas Mine Report 2017 the value of illegal mining and dealing of metals and diamonds in South Africa is estimated to be billions of Rand a year.
Illegal mining costs South Africas economy around R21billion annually. Other risks are the temporary closure of commercial mines, illegal miners who are trapped underground, and the death of
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