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Research and Markets: South African Metals and Mining Industry 2009 Brings You an Entire Coverage of the Metals and Mining Industry
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/278a75/south_african_meta)
has announced the addition of the “South
African Metals and Mining Industry” report to their offering.
South Africa is a world leader in mining. The country is internationally
renowned for an abundance of mineral resources, accounting for a
significant proportion of both world production and reserves, and South
African mining companies dominate many sectors in the global industry.
South Africa is the world’s biggest producer of gold and platinum and
one of the leading producers of base metals and coal. The country’s
diamond industry is the fourth-largest in the world, with only Botswana,
Canada and Russia producing more diamonds each year.
It is estimated that South Africa holds 80% of the world’s known
manganese reserves as well as 72% of the world’s known chromite ore
reserves. In 2005 South Africa was found to be the ninth-largest
producer of aluminum, the largest producer of alumino-silicates, chrome
ore and ferro-chromium. South Africa was also found to be the
second-largest producer of manganese ore and the ninth-largest producer
of nickel in the same year.
The mining industry in South Africa has seen significant restructuring
and changes since the early 90’s with the traditional “big six” mining
houses – Anglo American / De Beers, Gencor/Billiton, Goldfields, JCI,
Anglovaal and Rand Mines – being restructured and extending their global
presence. These companies traditionally controlled gold, platinum,
chrome, coal and base metal production in South Africa. The advent of a
new democratic constitution and rising costs from gold mining activities
resulted in several changes in the industry.
While holding the world’s largest reserves of gold, platinum-group
metals and manganese ore, the country has considerable potential for the
discovery of other world-class deposits in areas yet to be exhaustively
explored.
The latest report from Aruvian Research – South
African Metals and Mining Industry brings you an entire coverage of
the metals and mining industry with a special focus on the diamond
sector, the gold industry, and the platinum-group metals (PGM) in South
Africa. The report also covers the major players in these sectors.
Aruvian’s report takes a look at the recent regulatory changes and how
they are affecting the mining industry in South Africa.
Apart from the regulatory changes overall, the report also broadly
covers the regulations affecting the diamond, gold and PGM sectors. The
economics of mining, metal reserves, production of metals and minerals,
production techniques, refining techniques, and a lot more technical
data is also researched to satisfaction of any investor/researcher
looking in to this particular sector.
Industry players covered in this report include African Rainbow
Minerals, Anglo Platinum, Northam Platinum, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold
Fields, De Beers Group, Xstrata Plc, BHP Billiton, and many other
leading companies.
Key Topics Covered:
Executive Summary
A Brief Profile of South Africa
Introduction to the Metals Mining Industry
Competition in the Industry
The Transformation of the South African Mining Industry
Regulatory Framework and Regulatory Structure
Platinum Group Metal (PGM) Mines
Gold Industry in South Africa
Gold Refining in South Africa
Diamond Industry in South Africa
Mining Affecting South Africa’s Biodiversity
Industry Outlook
Leading Players
Appendix
Glossary of Terms
Companies Mentioned:
African Rainbow Minerals
Anglo Platinum
Aquarius Platinum
Barplats Investments
Impala Platinum Holdings
Lonmin Plc
Northam Platinum
Nkomati Mine
Palabora Mining Company
AngloGold Ashanti
Gold Fields
DRDGOLD
Western Areas
Alexkor Limited
De Beers Group
Good Hope Diamonds
Diamond Core Resources
African Gem Resources
Harmony Gold Mining Company
Randgold Resources
Durban Roodepoort Deep
Xstrata Plc
BHP Billiton
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