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Mponeng is an ultra-deep tabular gold mine in South Africa in the Witwatersrand Basin of the Gauteng Province. [1] Previously known as Western Deep Levels No1 Shaft, the mine began operations in 1986. [2] It is one of the most substantial gold mines in the world in terms of production and magnitude, reaching over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) below the ...
This list of deepest mines includes operational and non-operational mines that are at least 2,224 m (7,297 ft), which is the depth of Krubera Cave, the deepest known natural cave in the world. The depth measurements in this list represent the difference in elevation from the entrance of the mine to the deepest excavated point.
14.1 Mponeng gold mine in South Africa. 14.2 Boulby Mine on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. 15 Alpine and permafrost lichens. 16 See also. 17 References. Toggle the ...
Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground as part of a union dispute were leaving a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, the union at the center of the standoff said. More than 550 ...
Pages in category "Gold mines in South Africa" ... Millwood, South Africa; Mponeng Gold Mine; S. South Deep mine; T. TauTona Mine; Transvaal gold fields; V. Vaal Reefs
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 deepest mines in the world are the Mponeng and TauTona (Western Deep Levels) gold mines in the Witwatersrand region of South Africa, which are currently working at depths exceeding 3,900 m (12,800 ft). [13] The deepest inactive mine in Asia is the Kolar in the Karnataka region of India. Closed in 2001, the main shaft had reached a depth of ...
While it does address environmental impacts of mining broadly and somewhat of gold mining specifically, there is limited information on the environmental impacts of Mponeng Gold Mine specifically. There is a note on citizen environmental concerns in the Witwatersrand Basin broadly but nothing specific about this mine other than the owners do ...