A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² across Namibia, South ... that mine effluents and acid mine drainage ...

“Many mining jurisdictions in Africa do not have well-developed ... Challenges, Innovative Capacity Although acid mine drainage (AMD), which affects mines with sulfide minerals, has been ...

In an era concerned with ensuring sustainability in all things, the issue of mine closure and land rehabilitation and reuse has become a major concern. It was a topic for discussion by a panel at the ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...

Six more bodies have been recovered from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where scores of people have reportedly died underground since authorities tried to force them out and seal the mine ...

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STILFONTEIN, South Africa -South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, police said on Tuesday, adding that ...

In addition, low-cost, useful products like environmental purification materials made from alkaline by-products and waste products are being developed, and it is expected that they will be used also ...

Sulphuric acid is typically injected into the aquifer rock that contains the uranium to dissolve it. The mine then pumps out the aquifer water and removes the uranium. The process repeats until ...

This is because uranium mines drill thousands of boreholes over more than 1,000 hectares. Sulfuric acid is typically ... Botswana and South Africa must jointly monitor and manage important water ...