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Number of people employed in 6 South African mining sectors

Created2025-02-17T08:19:30.676001+02:00
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DescriptionThe number of people employed on average per year in gold, platinum, coal, chrome and manganese mining. This data is from Mineral Statistics compiled by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.
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total_mines
employment_coal
employment_gold
employment_other
employment_chrome
employment_platinum
employment_manganese
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tabyeartablesourcetotal_minesemployment_coalemployment_goldemployment_otheremployment_chromeemployment_platinumemployment_manganese
Employment1988Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coal, TABLE 48 : LABOUR STATISTICS - MAIN MINING COMMODITY - MANGANESE, TABLE 45 : LABOUR STATISTICS - MAIN MINING COMMODITY - CHROMITEB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-200980944610898853605767758 8 15785322 3 164
Employment1989Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-200980139010717051771373880 9 26389513 3 851
Employment1990Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-200977972710380848996375206 9 29397373 4 084
Employment1991Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-20097215619620743877569436 8 813104723 3 607
Employment1992Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-20096636707604941167962342 5 854104360 3 386
Employment1993Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-20096210016143839541954077 4 172102809 3 086
Employment1994Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-20096110186018739232753353 4 61797643 2 891
Employment1995Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-20095988456206438008656154 6 02091528 2 993
Employment1996Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2010 Stat Tables 1988-20095720666339735203953682 6 68993304 2 955
Employment1997Table 41 for all mines, Table 43 for gold, Table 44 for platinum, Table 52 for coalB1-2019 Stat Tables 1997-20185535426160733907852513 6 65290876 2 816