South Africa: major gold producing country in the world
South Africa: major gold producing country in the world
South Africa is among the countries that produce most of this precious metal. Initially,when the discovery of several mines scattered across the country, production haspeaked, but now the state of these mines is no longer possible to get as much quantityas before. Indeed, if the mines that have withstood more than a hundred years of exploitation are mostly around Johannesburg, about 100 m, they find themselves in difficult conditions that do not support much extraction. Too deep and require heavyconstruction, operation would be very expensive and take a long time. Despite all this,South Africa still provides 25% of world production of gold with about 550 tonnes of goldused annually.
South Africa: major gold producing country in the world
South Africa is among the countries that produce most of this precious metal. Initially,when the discovery of several mines scattered across the country, production haspeaked, but now the state of these mines is no longer possible to get as much quantityas before. Indeed, if the mines that have withstood more than a hundred years of exploitation are mostly around Johannesburg, about 100 m, they find themselves in difficult conditions that do not support much extraction. Too deep and require heavyconstruction, operation would be very expensive and take a long time. Despite all this,South Africa still provides 25% of world production of gold with about 550 tonnes of goldused annually.
