Health & Safety
Comprehensive information on health & safety in African mines, and latest market data in Africa.
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Aug- 2022 -3 Aug
South African mining makes encouraging inroads into safety and health but more needs to be done to achieve zero harm
The South African mining industry has made inroads into key health and safety challenges but…
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Jul- 2022 -20 Jul
South African Mining Safety Interventions, Leadership and Collaboration leads to record fatality-reduction in the first half of 2022
South Africa achieved a record six months without a mining fatality caused by a fall-of-ground…
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8 Jul
Rosond celebrates one year Zero Harm at Sishen
Drilling technology solutions provider Rosond of Midrand has celebrated one year Zero Harm at its…
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6 Jul
Outsourcing Onboarding is crucial to both cost savings and safety standards in mining
The high-risk mining sector is, for obvious reasons, heavily regulated regarding health and safety. The…
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5 Jul
South Africa’s 400 abandoned coal mines pose deadly, toxic risk
South Africa has failed to clean up and secure hundreds of abandoned coal mines that…
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5 Jul
Momentum behind collision prevention on mines
While Proximity Detection Systems (PDSs) have been around for little more than 15 years, the…
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Jun- 2022 -29 Jun
Safely resolving reactive ground when blasting
When a South African zinc mine experienced a premature detonation in one of its blastholes,…
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May- 2022 -18 May
Risk assessments accelerate Booyco PDS adoption
Risk assessments by surface mines are a vital part of operating trackless mining machines (TMMs)…
