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 ...

Research has found that mine effluents and acid mine drainage have seeped into ... Finally, the governments of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa must jointly monitor and manage important water ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mining companies, in contributing to future-proofing African mining, should commit to exceeding environmental legislation requirements, says University of Cape Town Minerals to Metals Research ...

“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 ...

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THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has reportedly dispatched a team ... to verify the nationality of victims of the Stilfontein mine disaster. This follows the death of 87 artisanal miners ...

Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi ... through Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing of their relatives. He urged Zimbabweans who believe their relatives might be among those ...