The true cost of downtime in the mining in South Africa
The mining industry in South Africa has performed poorly over the past ten years, with its contribution to the national GDP having halved since 1994. Year-on-year production fell by 3,3% in January, according to Statistics South Africa, with downtime, power outages and uncertainty around regulatory policies significantly hamstringing the …
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Gleision: The mining disaster still affecting rescuers 10 …
The year before the Gleision disaster, 29 men died in the Pike River disaster in New Zealand. Brian worked as an advisor to the victims' families as they tried to stop the government sealing the ...
Mine Accidents and Disasters | Department of Mineral …
The worst mining disasters in the South African mining industry are listed below: 435 Miners lost their lives on 21 January 1960 at Coalbrook North Colliery situated near burg, …
Key Challenges Facing The Mining And Minerals Sector In South Africa
In a year blighted by tough economic conditions and global uncertainty, the World Bank has continued to support developing countries with strong financial aid, advice, and technical assistance.
The Struggle for Air: Mining, Dust, and Death on the South …
Underground mining on South Africa's Rand transformed the air. Skip to main content. Toggle navigation ... ten parliamentary inquiries, and six commissions into the disease between 1902 and 1925, following a ferocious struggle for protection by miners. ... Climate Disaster, Ecoanxiety, and Frankenstein: Mount Tambora and Its Aftereffects ...
From Coalbrook to Clean Energy: Safety Lessons for a New Era
In the aftermath of the Coalbrook Mine Disaster, South Africa's deadliest mining incident, ... last year, there were just 49 ... a continuing declining trend of mining-related fatalities and accidents year on year, a mere 3.7% of what they were from 1948-1980 (Ref Cobley). Indeed, January of this year marked the first-ever calendar month ...
Powering Apartheid: The Coalbrook Mine Disaster of 1960
As the first major crisis of 1960 in South Africa, it dramatised and foreshadowed many of the debates that ensued during that year about the nature of the apartheid state.
South Africa declares national state of disaster over floods
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster to enable an intensive response to widespread flooding that has affected seven of the country's nine provinces.
Mining Sector Report 2023
1 https://projectsiq.co.za/mining -industry in south africa.htm ... revenue in ten years, reaching a record ZAR 4 trillion, which signifies a significant increase of 36.57% from 2021 to 2022. BHP Billiton achieved its highest revenue ... In Figure 2's pie chart for the year 2022, Glencore Xstrata, BHP Billiton, and Anglo
The death toll from a mining tragedy in South Africa rises to …
An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday. It happened Monday evening at the end of the workers' …
Five miners killed in underground copper mine fire in South Africa
The bodies of three workers were recovered later from the rescue chamber while the injured worker has been taken to a hospital. On Twitter, South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources stated: "The search for one employee continues and an investigation will commence once the last remaining employee is found and the fire underground has …
Construction Sector Report 2022
performance over the course of the last seven years. Following this, we analyse the remuneration packages received by directors in this sector. The Sector The construction sector in South Africa plays a significant role in the country's economy. It is a major contributor to South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) and provides employment for
Rescue teams recover 53 bodies in South African mine disaster
The disaster was the country's worst mining accident in recent years and the fifth worst in South Africa's mining history. ... Last year 520 gold and coal miners lost their lives and about 9,000 ...
SA was aiming to end mine fatalities
SA's mining industry and unions are concerned about an increase in mining-related deaths. The year 2019 was the safest year on record with 51 deaths. SA's deep …
The Death Toll From a Mining Tragedy in South Africa Rises …
An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the …
Mining and Construction: Boom-and-bust tale of two …
Off a low base, mining output soared by 116.5% year on year in April. Profits have surged, in some cases to record levels, and the next reporting season for the sector should be stellar.
Report on the Jagersfontein Tailings Disaster
In the early hours of 11 September 2022, the tailing dam at the Jagersfontein mine burst its wall, sending a torrent of toxic mine waste down the slope to the settlements of …
Underground hazards: Work-related deaths in South Africa…
By 5 July, South Africa's mining sector had recorded 32 deaths so far in 2021, compared with 24 in the same period last year. Despite the spike, the overall trend remains in the right direction.
South Africa mine elevator crash leaves 11 dead and 75 hurt
South Africa is the world's largest producer of platinum. ... The country had 49 fatalities from all mining accidents in 2022, a decrease from 74 the year before. ... Deaths from South African ...
Vaal Reefs 1995- Mining Accident Database
104 miners died in one of South Africa's largest gold mines when the cables controlling an underground train snapped, sending the cars hurtling down a 7,000-foot vertical shaft onto an elevator. The victims were in the two-story elevator, which was crushed by the falling train as it rose to bring workers to the surface at the end of their shift.
Mining disasters: Six of the worst that have hit South Amercia
Meteorological agencies are warning of increasing risks of an El Niño storm event in 2019, which poses a risk for South American miners. It wouldn't be the first natural crisis experienced by the continent's mining sector. We map the natural disasters that have hit South American miners in recent years.
FEM 2022 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WORKPLACE …
Of the incidents reported last year, 47 of these resulted in a tragic loss of life, with motor vehicle accidents being the cause of 21 of the 47 fatalities for 2022. ... which is an estimated 50% of the formal construction workforce in South Africa. FEM is one of two organisations providing workmen's compensation cover for the construction ...
South Africa facing economic disaster – Daily Investor
This is actually less than the R411 billion GAIN estimated Transnet cost the South African economy last year. According to GAIN, South Africa's economic growth of 0.5% for 2023 could have been over ten times higher at 5.4% if …
The TB epidemic spreading through South Africa's mines
You have to look at the statistics supplied by non-profit biotech company Aeras, which works to advance TB research and development, to comprehend the problem: of the 2.3 million new cases of TB reported in Africa last year, 760,000 – almost a third – were connected to mining in sub-Saharan Africa. Nine out of ten gold miners in South ...
Harmony Gold reports fatality at South Africa mine
At least 54 workers died in mining-related accidents in South Africa last year, up from 49 fatalities recorded in 2022, the country's safest year on record.
The worst mining disasters in human history
A fire at the Kinross gold mine Mpumalanga, South Africa, caused one of the deadliest mining disasters in the country's history. A fuel tank ignited a fire underground, sending flames and toxic ...
S.Africa platinum mine lift plunge kills 11
Winding gear at a giant South African platinum mine failed sending an elevator into a precipitous fall that killed 11 workers and injured 75, the operators said …
Jagersfontein mine dam disaster: One year later, what has …
It has been 12 months since the disastrous tailings dam at the Jagersfontein diamond mine collapsed, flooding the small southern Free State townships of …
More than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster …
In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, at the Coalbrook mine near burg, Orange Free State, caved in. About 1,000 miners were in the mine at the time and 435 died after being …