CGTN Africa December 8 2024 Four mineworkers were killed and one was seriously injured after a rock fall at a South African gold mine on Friday trapped five workers underground the company and a mining union said on Sunday The collapse at the Village Main Reef s Tau Lekoa gold mine in North West province followed at least one earth
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Get PriceRevenue for the other mining segments increased by 7% Production Production fell by 8% year on year at South Africa s mines with a 44% decrease in output recorded in April as a result of the pandemic The analysis notes that the most significant drop was due to reductions in gold diamonds and PGM outputs
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Get PriceIllnesses related to gold mining increased by 25 with another nine across platinum and coal Despite this non fatal occupational diseases decreased by almost a quarter with 3 458 in 2024 Silicosis cases fell by 187 to 465 while pulmonary tuberculosis cases decreased by 531 to 1 716
Get PriceMine safety becomes major political issue in South Africa after latest fatal incidents 20 July 2024 South Africa will tighten its mine safety regulations to hold mine operators accountable for deaths in the industry President Cyril Ramaphosa said on July 16 Safety is a huge issue in South Africa s mining sector and recent incidents have
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Get PriceThe mining sector has recorded 51 fatalities in 2024 the lowest ever recorded in the South African mining industry This represents a 37% improvement year on year compared to 2024 fatalities said Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe at a media briefing on the release of the 2024 mine health and safety statistics on Friday
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Get PriceIn South Africa the 2 8 Ga Witwatersrand Basin on the Kaapvaal Craton comprises one of the world s largest gold placer deposits This elliptical basin stretches over an arc of roughly 400 km traversing across the Free State North West and Gauteng provinces in South Africa as shown in Fig 1 Most of the basin is covered by younger sedimentary and volcanic rocks such as those making up the
Get PriceMine Accidents and Disasters Department of Mineral Resources 104 Deaths due to a mining accident were reported at the Vaal Reefs Number Two Shaft near Orkney North West on 10 May 1995 An underground locomotive fell down a shaft and landed onto a cage loaded with night shift mine workers coming to surface This was arguably one of the worst accidents in the mining industry in South Africa
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Get PriceIn a 2024 report the Institute for Security Studies estimated that 10% of all gold mined in South Africa is stolen each year Government estimates the value of the gold theft business at R5 6bn a year Some estimates indicate that the numbers of workers involved in these operations now equal the numbers of those employed formally on the mines
Get PriceThis total has been viewed as disappointing despite reports that the total of legal mining deaths is down 24 per cent from its total of 221 for the year 2024 In the weeks leading up to June 11th this year the Harmony Gold owned disused Eland Shaft Mine in The Central Free State Province took a tough hit
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Get PriceDecember 2024 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 incidents and trackless mobile machine TMM
Get PriceThe death toll in South Africa s mines rose 18% in 2024 driven by accidents related to falling rocks and transportation provisional figures from South Africa s main mining body showed on Friday
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