Health & Safety
Comprehensive information on health & safety in African mines, and latest market data in Africa.
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Mar- 2019 -8 March
Tanzania gives Acacia Mining to March 30 to stop water pollution at one of its mines or face shutdown
Tanzania has given Acacia Mining Plc up to March 30 to stop waste water pollution at North Mara gold mine…
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Feb- 2019 -19 February
Poverty, toxic water and disease as mine offers no hope of social transformation
Instead of growing hope, Zambia’s Kansanshi mine’s corporate social responsibility programme is undermining the hope of poor communities. The mine…
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Nov- 2018 -8 November
Urgent action needed to combat poisoning from artisanal gold mining in Africa – WHO
Ministers, officials and health experts from across Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations met to push…
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Oct- 2018 -11 October
Evicted Kenyans demand compensation after mining firm exits
Nathaniel Tumo was astounded when an excavator arrived at his farm in western Kenya four years ago and started digging…
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3 October
Moving the global mining industry towards biodiversity awareness
UN Environment and partners are working with businesses to highlight the benefits of biodiversity-sensitive best practices in the mining sector.…
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Sep- 2018 -26 September
Damage to West Coast beaches from mining can be kept to “acceptable” levels
Consultants employed by Australian company Mineral Sands Resources have acknowledged that the massive expansion of mining for mineral sands on…
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10 September
‘Will I come back dead?’ Human costs of South African gold
After more than two decades of improving mine safety since the end of apartheid, South Africa’s progress has stalled with…
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Aug- 2018 -29 August
Govt orders closure of access points at Eldorado Mine
Government has ordered the closure of several access points into Eldorado Mine in Chinhoyi where at least 12 people are…
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