South Africa's second biggest political party, which is part of a government coalition, has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to order an inquiry into what happened at the Buffelsfontein mine.
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Per Mining Technology, the mines at Vaal Reefs account for 90% of the gold mined in the area.In May 1995, more than a hundred people died in a mining disaster and others more were left injured. Miners, who had just finished a day's work 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometers) below ground, boarded a two-floor elevator to take them back up to the surface at approximately …
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The spectre of mining disasters continues to haunt South Africa, a nation starkly aware of the perilous conditions faced by workers in its mineral-rich depths. From the …
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STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African police ended a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine on Wednesday and said they believe they have brought out all the survivors and retrieved all the bodies after hundreds of miners were trapped for months in one of the country's deepest mines while working illegally.. At least 78 miners were confirmed dead, …
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Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine disaster, occured on 15 December 1914 at the Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine located in the Kyushu Island of Japan. The disaster directly led to the deaths of 687, representing the worst mining incident in Japanese history. ... Directly leading to the deaths of 435 it is the worst ever disaster in South Africa's mining ...
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According to officials and witness testimony, the shack was the site of a makeshift mine built by a group of zama-zamas, as illegal miners who scavenge abandoned mines across South Africa are known.
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The spectre of mining disasters continues to haunt South Africa, a nation starkly aware of the perilous conditions faced by workers in its mineral-rich depths.
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The mining sector has recorded 51 fatalities in 2019, the lowest ever recorded in the South African mining industry. "This represents a 37% improvement, year on year, compared to 2018 fatalities," said Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe at a media briefing on the release of the 2019 mine health and safety statistics on Friday.
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As South Africa battles with the reality of the Stilfontein disaster - where at least 78 illegal gold miners have died and more than 240 Zama Zamas - large-scale gold mining companies and Bench ...
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1. Introduction Disasters such as at the Kinross gold mine in 1986 - in which 177 miners died - have focused attention on the hazards faced by underground miners in South Africa. But disasters are merely the tip of an iceberg, grim punctuations of the on-going accident toll on South African mines.
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At the end of November 1996, a mining disaster occurred at the Rovic Diamond Mine between Boshof and Dealsville. At about 1000 metres underground, a mudslide occurred and trapped …
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It is projected to produce 380,000oz by the end of 2024 from 320,000oz in 2022. The mine employs nearly 5,000 workers, including contractors. At least 54 workers died in mining-related accidents in SA last year, up from 49 fatalities …
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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 ...
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There have been 41 fatalities in the South African mining industry to date this year, Mine Health and Safety Council mining relations programme manager Brian Ncube said at the Mining ...
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The South African mining industry recorded forty-two (42) fatalities in 2024 marking the lowest ever number of fatalities in the history of mining in South Africa. This represents a …
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This is what happened in 1960 at the Coalbrook Colliery in Clydesdale, South Africa. Once again, negligence played a role in the disaster. ... According to the BBC, the worst mining disaster in Britain happened in the small Welsh village of Senghenydd in 1913. On an October morning, the Universal Colliery was rocked by a methane explosion large ...
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South Africa's gold companies are already mining at the world's deepest depths, with Gold Fields digging more than 4, 120m at its Driefontein mine. The deeper miners go, the richer the ore being ...
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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 of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal. The explosion was South Africa's second most …
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South Africa and Spain contributed three studies each. Iran, the USA, India and Turkey contributed two papers each, while one paper was from Ghana and one from New Zealand. Six main types of mining accidents were reported in both databases, which occurred in coal, copper, gold, platinum, lead–zinc, and iron ore mines between 2015 and 2019.
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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 ...
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The dawn of South Africa's democracy in 1994 signalled a new hope for a better nation. A nation full of hope and promise. ... INQUEST INTO THE LILY MINE DISASTER. The formal inquest into the collapse of Lily Mine was set to begin on 30 June 2021 but was postponed to September instead. The Senior Magistrate at Mbombela, Annamarie Van Der Merwe ...
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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]
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MINE ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS. The overall number of deaths in the South African mining industry has declined over the past decades, but the greatest impact of mining accidents is noticed amongst the family members and colleagues left behind after a mine worker lost his or …
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Rather than being rare events, disasters - defined in South Africa as accidents in which six or more lives are lost - occur regularly in South African mines. Indeed since 1900 …
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A systemic study of mining accident causality: An analysis of 91 mining accidents from a platinum mine in South Africa January 2017 Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and ...
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On the 21 January 1960 a major calamity befell the coal mine at Coalbrook, situated in the Northern Free State 21km south west of Vereeniging. 437 miners were buried alive 180 meters below the surface when an estimated 900 pillars collapsed. A major rescue effort was undertaken, unfortunately without any positive results.This article covers the history of the coal …
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Coalbrook colliery, Clydesdale, South Africa, January 1960 (435 deaths) On the 21st of January, 1960, ... Wales was the place where this accident occurred, and to this date this event is considered as one of the most severe disasters to occur in a in mining area in the United Kingdom. A firedamp ignition, which sent sparks coming out of it ...
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, with more than 100 of them believed to have died of starvation or dehydration.. Authorities launched an operation in November to force out the men …
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December 2021 marked the second consecutive year of regression in safety on South African mines with falls of ground (FOG) and transport-related accidents being the leading causes of fatalities. In Part 3 of our series on Stemming Fatalities on SA mines, Industry stakeholders shed some light on the challenges faced in addressing transport related …
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The South African mining industry recorded forty-two (42) fatalities in 2024 marking the lowest ever number of fatalities in the history of mining in South Africa. This represents a …
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