development of capitalist mining in southern rhodesia
The way in which the B.S.A. Company and the Southern Rhodesian gold mining industry moved to implement these broad imperatives was, of course, intimately connected with appreciation of the region's geological constraints. ... 'The gold output and Mining activity of Southern Rhodesia, 1907 to 1932', . process, as the grade is a function of the ...
Asbestos Mining and Occupational Disease in Southern …
in Southern Rhodesia. Those mines, which were crucial to T&N's global success, produced high-quality chrysotile or white asbestos. The company monopolized the industry to such an extent that the history of asbestos mining in Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe is largely the history of T&N. The Chase Manhattan suit failed but it opened up public …
British South Africa Company
The company retained its commercial assets, however, and its mineral rights in Northern Rhodesia became a valuable source of revenue following the development of the copper-mining industry in that territory between World Wars I and II. On the eve of Zambia's independence in 1964, the company was forced, by the threat of expropriation, to ...
The 'Settler-Mining' Economies | SpringerLink
Consequently, the development of a wage-labour force proceeded further and faster in the three 'settler-mining' economies (Table VI) than elsewhere in Africa (with the exception of Nyasaland, where labour migration into the Rhodesias and South Africa developed out of special circumstances). Download to read the full chapter text.
White Miners in Historical Perspective: Southern …
White workers in the Southern Rhodesian mining industry between 1890 and 1953 normally constituted only some four per cent of the total labour force, yet they virtually …
"Whoever owns the land, the natives do not": In …
Chimanimani. On 26 July 1918, the Judicial Committee of the UK's Privy Council published its infamous ruling, In Re Southern Rhodesia. The court upheld imperial Britain's wholesale expropriation of the entire territory of …
Mining industry of Southern Rhodesia
Mines and mineral resources -- Zimbabwe.mining industry of Southern Rhodesia - 1961-mining industry of Southern Rhodesia - 1961 Notes: Includes index. This edition was published in 1961 Filesize: 39.42 - < Mining industry of Southern Rhodesia - 1961 ~ eBook Mining industry of Southern Rhodesia - 1961 The Congress - White Miners in …
The Copper Industry in the Colonial Period
stimulate expansion of trade and industry alone. African buying power would have to increase as well. A number of Europeans understood this, but faced formidable obstacles. The harsh land and sparse African population (4 million in 1975) inhibited growth. More importantly, Southern Rhodesia used its dominant position to monopolize the eco
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold …
It is the purpose of this article to examine the crucial "reconstruction era" of Southern Rhodesian gold mining, not only because it was then that the industry was first placed …
AFRICAN MINE LABOUR IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA
While South African capital in Rhodesia apart from mining between 1318-. 1939 was still comparatively small, its expansion after 194-5 had political. 7 and economic significance. Though African wages presented the most important target for the. mine owners in their attempts to minimize costs, the savings effected. «.
Some Aspects of the 1930s Depression in Rhodesia
on mining, industry, agriculture, and other forms of enterprise. The total volume of mining output in Southern Rhodesia was at its lowest in 193I, when it almost fell to the level of 1923. However, in the follow-ing year there was a marked increase, the pre-depression level was almost reached, and from then on the value of minerals extracted rose
Cecil Rhodes, Empire Builder and the Foundation of Rhodesia …
That man was Cecil Rhodes, who founded the colonies of Southern and Northern Rhodesia, renamed Zambia in 1964 and Zimbabwe in 1980. Born in 1853 at Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, Cecil was the sixth child of the Reverend Francis and Louisa Rhodes. A sickly child, Cecil suffered generally from a weak chest and in particular was …
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold …
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold Mining Industry, 1903–10. Author & abstract; Download; 1 Citations; Related works & more ... No abstract is available for this …
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold Mining Industry…
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Responsible Government and Miner-Farmer …
Abstract. This paper uses miner-farmer relations in post-1923 Southern Rhodesia as a lens to delineate the protean nature of state policy in dealing with sectorial interests of the two foremost primary …
Responsible Government and Miner-Farmer …
This paper uses miner-farmer relations in post-1923 Southern Rhodesia as a lens to delineate the protean nature of state policy in dealing with sectorial interests of the two foremost primary …
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian …
Southern Rhodesia and ultimately ranked high in the list of world gold pro-ducers. It is the purpose of this article to examine the crucial "reconstruction era" of Southern …
African mine labour in southern Rhodesia
REVIEW ARTICLE: AFRICAN MINE LABOUR IN SOUTHERN RHODESIA. 1976, p. 322. The development of an African working class has received some attention from historians and anthropologists. 1 However, Van Onselen's study of African mine labour in Southern Rhodesia is of exceptional importance in that it relates the economic history of the gold …
THE IMPACT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION ON …
Northern Rhodesia were employed outside the territory mainly in Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, Tanganyika, and the Belgian Congo. Until 1925, a smaller number was employed within the territory but with the development of copper mining during the late 1920s, the local market came to absorb a larger proportion of the labour force.
The British South Africa Company and the impact of early gold mining
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold Mining Industry, 1903-10. The Economic History Review New Series, Vol. 29, No. 3 (August 1976), pp. 465-481. I.R. Phimister. Gold Mining in Southern Rhodesia 1919/1953. The Rhodesian Journal of Economics. Volume 10, No 1. March 1976. F.P. Mennell. Hints on Prospecting for Gold.
The Cinderella of the cattle industry: the state and …
Southern Rhodesia has been documented by many his-torians. For instance, see, R.Hodder-Williams, White farmers in Rhodesia, 1890–1965 (1983), p.13. G. Arrighi, 12 ... government not only to restructure the mining industry,15 but also to begin to look to settler agriculture as an economic alternative. The Company's Directors turned to the ...
The discovery of mines in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in Lomagundi
It is being said the Eureka Gold Mine of Sipolilo, now Guruve, was discovered and pegged in 1895. The Eureka Mine is about 36km North of Chininga Village. History records that Anthony Lehmair ...
African mine labour in southern Rhodesia | Semantic Scholar
The development of an African working class has received some attention from historians and anthropologists. 1 However, Van Onselen' s study of African mine labour in Southern Rhodesia is of exceptional importance in that it relates the economic history of the gold mining industry that sustained this central African colony in its early days to …
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold …
Grounded on such realistic appraisals, South African capital began to penetrate. the Southern Rhodesian gold mining industry, most noticeably between i908 and i9iI. South African capital had, of course, been present in Southern Rhodesia from. II 890 and some continued to be invested in the years before reconstruction.
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold …
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold Mining Industry, 1903–10 - PHIMISTER - 1976 - The Economic History Review - Wiley Online Library. I.R. …
Capitalist investment started in Northern Rhodesia soon …
By the end of the 1930s, Northern Rhodesian copper mining on the Copperbelt was booming. According to Abi, investment capital in the copper mining industry on the Copperbelt in Northern Rhodesia, in the 1930s, especially after the Great Depression was increased and high prices again stimulated mining due to lower labour and production …
The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold …
Request PDF | On Feb 11, 2008, I.R. PHIMISTER published The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold Mining Industry, 1903–10 | Find, read and cite all the …
THE RHODESIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
»N. H. Wilson, The Mining Industry of Southern Rhodesia (Salisbury, 1933), 18. s For fuller discussion, see Phimister, 'The Reconstruction of the Southern Rhodesian Gold …
South and Central African Mining, c.1900-1933
c. 9oo00-1933*. PETER RICHARDSON. The year 1975-6 was a good one for the students of central and southern African mining history. The latter part of 1975 saw the completion of the doctoral thesis upon which 'Chibaro' is based, together with I. R. Phimister's dissertation on the mining industry of Southern Rhodesia.' 1976 witnessed the ...
Mining industry in South Africa
Since then, the mining industry has become hugely important to the country, contributing roughly 202 billion South African Rand (roughly 10.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2023 to South Africa's ...