IMC acid mine water report lacks clear plan – Turton

The South African government lacked a clear plan to deal with acid mine drainage (AMD), despite commissioning a report on the issue, Touchstone Resources director Dr Anthony Turton said on Tuesday. Stressing that he was not negative towards the...

Resources Watch

This week: AngloGold Ashanti broaches the concept of non-blast automation to mine gold 5 km below the surface; South Africa’s acid mine drainage and wastewater is ‘mineable’; And gold mine output hits a record in 2010.

South Africa’s AMD/wastewater is ‘mineable’ – Turton

Consideration should be given to studying the economic feasibility of “mining” South Africa’s problematic acid mine drainage (AMD) and wastewater for metals, minerals, salt and even hydrogen, says Touchstone Resources director Dr Anthony...

MINING BASED, WATER CONSTRAINED

South Africa is a mining-based, water-constrained economy and the twenty-ninth driest country in the world. The biggest risk is to deny that South Africa has a water constraint and to continue with business as usual, TouchStone Resources director...

Paradigm shift needed in order to drive South Africa forward

Mining exploration company Touchstone Resources reports that, in the light of diminishing mineral resources, South Africa needs a significant paradigm shift to drive the country forward in the future.

09/10/2009 (On-The-Air)

A massive new gold mine is flickering to life within a half an hour's drive from the centre of Joburg; the sea-bed being the new exploration target of South Africa's biggest gold-mining company; something that we discussed recently on the...

Acid mine drainage – a new value-added beneficiation economy?

The issue of mine water should not be considered a mining challenge, but rather as a resource that can be used as the basis of a new value-added beneficiation economy, says political scientist Dr Anthony Turton.

Acid mine drainage single most significant threat to SA’s environment

Environmentalists have termed acid mine drainage (AMD) the single most significant threat to South Africa’s environment and this is being driven home by the AMD problems being experienced at the East Rand operations of provisionally liquidated...

Acid mine drainage single most significant threat to South Africa’s environment

Environmentalists have termed acid mine drainage (AMD) as the single most significant threat to South Africa’s environment. In the past, these and other concerns about AMD were in effect ignored by the major stakeholders of the country’s...