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.
Chromium edit
Coal edit
Mine | Product(s) | Coordinates | Associated town | Owner | Dates | Comments |
Grootegeluk Coal Mine | Coal | Limpopo | Exxaro | 1980–Present | ||
Leeuwpan mine | Coal | Mpumalanga | Exxaro | 1995–Present | ||
Tshikondeni mine | Coal | Limpopo | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
Mafube coal | Coal | Mpumalanga | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
Mafube joint venture (JV)2 | Coal | Mpumalanga | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
Iyanda mine | Coal | Mpumalanga | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
Exxaro reductants | Coal | Limpopo | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
Arnot mine | Coal | Mpumalanga | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
Matla mine | Coal | Mpumalanga | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
North Block Complex | Coal | Mpumalanga | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
New Clydesdale mine | Coal | Mpumalanga | Exxaro | ????–Present | ||
Goedgevonden mine | Coal | |||||
Vele coal mine | Coal | |||||
Maloma Coliery | Coal | Eswatini | Inyatsi | ????-Present |
Diamond edit
Mine | Product(s) | Coordinates | Associated town | Owner | Dates | Comments |
Baken diamond mine | Diamond | Lower Orange River | Trans Hex | ????–Present | Probable reserves are 21.2 million cubic meters of ore at an ore grade of 1.69 carats (338 mg) per 100 cubic meters (3.38 mg/m3). There is a waste rock overburden of about 33 million cubic meters. |
Gold edit
Iron edit
Mine | Product(s) | Coordinates | Associated town | Dates | Comments |
Khumani mine | Iron | Kathu | loco mine mm9 | ||
Beeshoek mine | Iron | Postmasburg | |||
Sishen mine | Iron |
Lead mines edit
Manganese edit
Platinum edit
- Afplats mine
- Bafokeng mine
- Bathopele mine
- Bokoni mine
- Dishaba mine
- Imbasa mine
- Impala mine
- Inkosi mine
- Khomanani mine
- Khuseleka mine
- Kroondal mine
- Marula mine
- Modikwa mine
- Mogalakwena mine
- Mototolo mine
- Pandora mine
- Siphumelele mine
- Tamboti mine
- Thembelani mine
- Tumela mine
- Twickenham mine
- Two Rivers mine
- Union North mine
Titanium platinum edit
Uranium edit
- Beaufort West mine
- Beisa North mine
- Buffelsfontein uranium mine
- Denny Dalton mine
- Karoo mine
- Rietkuil mine
- South Deep uranium mine
- Springbok Flats mine
- Vaal River mine