Mining Companies of South Africa: Features of Development

The author researches the history of the appearance and features of the development of mining companies in South Africa, as well as the ownership structure of the mining industry before and after the democratically elected government came to power in 1994. In 1990 the South African mining industry was overwhelmingly domestically based and was dominated by six mining houses: Rand Mines, Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company, Anglo-American, Gold Fields, Union Corporation, General Mining and Finance Corporation. These corporations had their head offices in Johannesburg with their primary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). It is important to note that mining houses controlled not only the mining industry, but their activities extended to other sectors of the economy, in particular banking sector, services, agriculture.The article considers the changes in the mining industry after the refusal of companies from non-core business, the movement of head offices and primary listing to London. After 1994 white people have lost their political power. But they continue to maintain economic power - almost complete control over large and medium-sized businesses. Thus the leadership of the ANC, which was headed by Cyril Ramaphosa in December 2017, faces a difficult task - the elimination of economic injustice by redistribution of property rights.Today foreign-owned companies are still playing an important role in the mining industry and in general in the economy of South Africa. Whose interests in the activities of companies prevail: national or global? Who is the main beneficiary: the people of South Africa or multinational corporations?

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mining companies, De Beers, Anglo-American, gold, diamonds, multinational corporations

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19.10.2018

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GOST	Obraztsova M. Mining Companies of South Africa: Features of Development // Asia and Africa Today – 2018. – Issue 10 C. 40-44 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://asaf-today.ru/S032150750000868-6-1 (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032150750000868-6
MLA	Obraztsova, Margarita "Mining Companies of South Africa: Features of Development." Asia and Africa Today 10 (2018):40-44. DOI: 10.31857/S032150750000868-6
APA	Obraztsova M. (2018). Mining Companies of South Africa: Features of Development. Asia and Africa Today (10), pp.40-44 DOI: 10.31857/S032150750000868-6

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