The dangers of growing on gold: Lessons for mine downscaling from the Free State Goldfields, South Africa

Local Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 282-298

  Marais, Lochner ^a   Nel, Etienne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Free state; gold; mining; planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956677376     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094215621725     Document Type: Article

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