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The Postmasburg Manganese Field's (PMF) history began with early geological mapping in 1930 and local prospecting in 1940s. [1] Systematic exploration in the 1950s led to discoveries at Gloria mine (1953), Nchwaning mine (1955), Mamatwan mine (1957), and Wessels mine (1958). Mining commenced with Gloria Mine in 1957, followed by Nchwaning in ...
70 km north of Witsand is Postmasburg, best known as a center of manganese, asbestos, and diamond mining. Gatkoppies Mine, 5 km north of Postmasburg, is a notable archaeological site. Excavations here prove that the Khoisan were mining here as early as the year 700 C.E.
This list of mines in South Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
The town serves the manganese mines, 147 km (91 mi) north of Postmasburg and 46 km (28.6 mi) north-west of Kuruman. It takes its name from the farm on which it was laid out; a pun on 'hot as hell', referring to the weather when the farm was surveyed and the generally torrid climate surrounding the area. [2]
The Sishen–Saldanha railway line, also known as the Ore Export Line (OREX), is an 861-kilometre-long (535 mi) heavy-haul railway line in South Africa. [1] It connects iron ore mines near Sishen in the Northern Cape with the port at Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape. [1]
Manganese is a chemical element with the symbol Mn and atomic number of 25. It is found as the free element in nature (often in combination with iron), and in many minerals. The free element is a metal with important industrial metal alloy uses.
Cannington Mine silver, lead and zinc mine, 200 km southeast of Mount Isa, Queensland [6] Illawarra Metallurgical Coal near Wollongong, New South Wales operates two underground metallurgical coal mines [7] In February 2024, South32 announced an agreement to sell the Illawarra mines to a consortium of Golden Energy and Resources and M Resources. [8]
The Beeshoek mine is a large iron mine located near Postmasburg in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. [1] Beeshoek represents one of the largest iron ore reserves in South Africa and in the world, having estimated reserves of 117.5 million tonnes of ore grading 63.7% iron metal.
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