Some of the press clippings from the 1960 Coalbrook tragedy, collected by the Minerals Council South Africa. 25 January 2021. The council said the tragedy also ranked among the top 10 worst mining ...
The death toll in South Africa's mines so far in 2021 is 69, up from 48 a year earlier, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said in a statement on Monday [File: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters]
South Africa: Platinum: MM: ... To analyze the large database consisting of 70,000 occupational fatality and accident reports in the Spanish mining sector from 2003 to 2012. ii. ... (2018) on 222 coal mining disasters in China between 2004 and 2012. They found several impacts of mining disaster news items on society, such as: i.
A 2020 survey of women in mining positions in South Africa identified that the majority of respondents reported pain while using the SCSRs as well as a higher rate of musculoskeletal ... Perry RW, Lindell MK (2003) Preparedness for emergency response: guide- lines for the emergency planning process. ... Ramani RV (1995) …
We review the ecological and socio-economic impacts of the catastrophic dam failure in Mariana, Brazil. Tailing management practices by Samarco mining company ultimately caused a dam breach …
All mining operations produce residue or tailings.Consequently, there are over 200 active tailings facilities in South Africa. While initial extraction removes most of the sought minerals ...
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe visited the mine on Tuesday and was given a briefing about the accident, the worst to hit South Africa's mining sector since 2001 when 12 ...
The Coalbrook Disaster can be attributed in large measure to the rise of the racist, capitalist apartheid state in South Africa after 1948. 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.
Human trafficking, labor brokering, and mining in southern Africa: responding to a decentralized and hidden public health disaster Int J Health Serv. 2013;43(4):665-80. doi: 10.2190/HS.43.4.e. Author Sarah Steele 1 Affiliation 1 Christ's College, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] ...
The mining executives responsible for the Jagersfontein mine dam wall burst, which has claimed lives and caused major destruction to the community, must be held accountable for the loss of lives, homes and people livelihoods, Amnesty International South Africa said today. According to reports three people were killed and more than …
Mining disasters in South Africa: the Rovic Diamond Mine disaster ... 1. Med Law. 2003;22(1):11-28. Mining disasters in South Africa: the Rovic Diamond Mine disaster and the criminal liability of the mine authorities.
Impala Platinum on Tuesday temporarily halted operations at its Rustenburg mining complex in South Africa after 11 workers died and 75 were injured in what the CEO said was "the darkest day" in ...
a24-03.pdf. 1.56 . 24 of 2003. The Mining Titles Registration Amendment Act 24 of 2003 intends: to amend the Mining Titles Registration Act, 1967, so as: to substitute, add or delete certain definitions; to re-regulate the registration of mineral and petroleum titles and other rights connected therewith and certain other deeds and documents;
South Africa has a tragic history of mining-relating disasters, including the Coalbrook accident that killed 435 people in 1960, and the Kinross accident, which killed 177 people in 1986.
The Jagersfontein mine traces its origins to a 50-carat diamond discovery in 1870. Mining began in earnest shortly after that and continued until 1971. Notable diamonds uncovered included the Excelsior and Reitz diamonds. All mining operations produce residue or tailings. Consequently, there are over 200 active tailings facilities in …
Mining groups expected to comply with global standard next year. Sept 23 (Reuters) - The collapse of a tailings dam in South Africa earlier this month has put the spotlight on the need for binding ...
The sample consists of all organisations conducting mining operations in South Africa that are classified on the McGregor BFA database, 5 across all boards of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (consisting of the Main Board, ALT-X, Development Capital, Venture Capital and the African Board), belonging to the mining sector. The selected ...
The Jagersfontein mine traces its origins to a 50-carat diamond discovery in 1870. Mining began in earnest shortly after that and continued until 1971. Notable diamonds uncovered included the ...
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on May 10 commemorated the 27-year anniversary of the Vaal Reef Disaster that resulted in 104 fatalities. As one of the deadliest events in the history of ...
This is also supported by recent events of climate-related disasters that are intensifying in Southern Africa, with significant impacts on mining populaces, CI, environments and ecosystems. Disasters of all kinds reduce the real GDP per capita on impact and harm development (Díaz et al. 2020; Felbermayr & Groschl 2013). Their …
hazards, between 1980 and 2016, there were 89 declared disaster events, killing 2,022. people and affecting more than 21 million (CRED, 2009). On average, more than half a. million people per ...
South Africa's disaster risk management context South Africa faces increasing levels of disaster risk. It is exposed to a wide range of weather ... (Act No. 57 of 2002) on 15 January 2003. The Act provides for: • an integrated and co-ordinated disaster risk management policy that focuses on preventing or reducing the risk of disasters ...
2 Types of Disaster During the Mining Operation. According to Dash et al. ( 2017 ), inundation, roof fall, workplace accidents, fires are the major health and safety hazards in the mining industry (Dash et al. 2017 ). Manual operation and automatic operation of mining both are well connected with disasters.
This quote by Edward Zwick, director of the award-winning movie Blood Diamonds (Brookner 2013; Wikipedia 2018a), shows that valuable natural resources won from mining, i.e., "…the extraction of ore, defined as rock from the earth's crust containing valuable minerals…" (The Canadian Encyclopedia 2018) can cause serious …
September 11, 20228:43 AM PDTUpdated 2 years ago. JOHANNESBURG, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Flooding caused by the collapse of a mine dam wall in South Africa's Free State province swept away houses and ...
Coal mining processing plant in Nigeria. This coal mining project is an open pit mine located in Nigeria, announced by mining company - Western Goldfields - that it has discovered 62,400,000 tonnes of proven reserves of coal deposits worth US$1.2 billion which could be used for the generation of electric power...
In April 2022, heavy rains, flooding, and subsequent mudslides hit the KwaZulu-Natal coast in South Africa. While efforts are underway to establish the extent of the damage, hundreds of lives have been lost, with many more still missing. When visiting the disaster-struck areas around the city of Durban, South Africa's president, Cyril ...
21/01/1960 - Clysedale Colliery - Collapse. In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, at the Coalbrook mine near burg, caved in and trapped 435 mineworkers 180m …
On this day in 1986, 177 miners lost their lives, and another 235 miners were injured in one of South Africa's worst mining disasters. September 12, 2016 Hlobane, 12 September 1983. The Minerals Council South Africa and the coal industry remembers the 64 miners who lost their lives in a methane explosion at the Hlobane colliery, near the town ...
An accident at a platinum mine in South Africa has killed 11 workers and injured 75, the mine's operator says. Impala Platinum chief executive Nico Muller described it as the "darkest day" in the ...
The current turbulence in the mining industry in South Africa has its roots in several different factors. First, the fall in global demand for platinum and other minerals due to recession; second, the consequences of the Marikana disaster in destabilising labour relations; and third, the structural character of our mining industry.
In W.Va., Blast Leads to Worst U.S. Mining Disaster in Decades. Arts Apr 5, 2010 10:08 PM EDT. Updated 3:14 a.m. ET Tuesday | At least 25 coal miners were killed and more remained missing after an ...
A total of 153 lives have been lost in this spate, almost as many as in the worst decade of this century, 1920-1929, when 155 lives were lost in three methane disasters. 8. Comparison of South African coal mine fatality rates with other countries The comparison of the South African mine accident experience with other major industries …
A coal dust explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in West ia killed 29 out of 30 on-site miners on 5 April, 2010. The accident was the worst the US mining industry had seen since 1970, when 38 workers were killed at two mines in Kentucky. A final report from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in …
From the Kinross mining disaster in 1986, to the terrible fire in Johannesburg on Thursday, South Africa has seen some tragic disasters. News24 reflects on some of these tragedies. ... Coalbrook mining disaster - 437 dead. Read this for free South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. …
gold mining. The South African Human Rights Commission (2015) and Mphokane (2018) identified that there is limited research dealing with the challenges of disasters related to illegal mining in South Africa. In this context, there is a need for further research that will consider strategies to address
Middelbult, 13 May 1993. On 13 May 1993, a methane gas explosion 130 metres below the surface at Mining's Middelbult colliery near Secunda, started an underground fire that resulted in the death of 53 mineworkers. A further seven employees were injured.
Coalbrook. Coalbrook, or now called Holly Country, was a coal mining village. Situated just south of burg. It is well known because of the Coalbrook disaster, a mining accident during which 435 miners lost their lives. GPS coordinates: 26.9364S 27.9157E elevation: 1477m.
