South Africa Fatalities At Mines Drop Allafrica

South Africa: Analysis

Gold mines saw the most fatalities, with 33 in 2015 (44 in 2014), followed by platinum with 22 (14 in 2014), and coal with five (nine in 2014). Other types of mines saw fatalities increase from 15 ...

South Africa mine elevator crash leaves 11 dead and 75 hurt

Deaths from South African mining accidents have steadily decreased in the last two decades from nearly 300 in the year 2000, according to South African government figures. Read More

Mine fatalities at a record low in 2022 – The Mail …

South African mines recorded 49 fatalities in 2022, a record low and a 34% improvement on the 74 deaths in 2021.

South Africa: Fatalities At Mines Drop

The South African mining industry has reported a significant drop in the number of fatalities and injuries on mines, although official numbers from the Department of Mineral Resources...

South Africa: Mining Sector Seeks Next Breakthrough in …

Falls of ground - which literally means a falling rock smashing your head or crushing your body - have long been the leading cause of deaths in South Africa's deep and …

South Africa: Bacteria and Plants Could Help Clean Up

Analysis - Highly toxic metals are leaking out of nine abandoned mines in Krugersdorp, 32km west of Johannesburg, South Africa. The metals include uranium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium and mercury.

South Africa: Report Reveals Sharp Drop in Mining Profits

South Africa's mining industry has suffered a substantial drop in profits this year, primarily due to lower commodity prices and a challenging operational landscape marked by load shedding and ...

Botswana: Sacing Life And Safety for a Profit

Analysis - The South African mining industry has once again come under sharp focus over the issue of the competing interests of profit and the lives of mineworkers. Recently a mine accident ...

South Africa: High Mine Fatalities Not Necessarily Due

FOLLOWING three deaths at AngloGold Ashanti 's mines last week, the total number of reported fatalities from accidents on SA's gold, coal, diamond and other mines has risen to about 30 - and it's ...

South Africa: Mine Safety in SA Worries Solidarity

Trade union Solidarity expressed "grave concern" over safety in South African mines following the recent deaths at Sibanye-Stillwater's Masakhane shaft in Driefontein.

South Africa: Fatality-Free Mining Far Off Even As

THE appalling regularity of deaths in Chinese coal mines -- about 6000 a year -- makes SA's mines look like comparatively delightful places to work. But more than 200 people a year are still dying ...

South Africa: mining industry fatalities 2023

As of 2023, the number of fatalities in the South African mining industry reached its lowest level, with 54 recorded fatalities. This presents an increase from the previous year, which...

South Africa: Training, Skills Development Needed to Avert Mine …

The leadership of the mining industry in South Africa agrees that training and skills development should be ... AllAfrica. English ... there has been a 25 percent drop in fatalities reported this ...

South Africa: Mine Safety

Editorial - LAST year, according to chief inspector of mines Thabo Gazi, there were 199 deaths on SA's mines, 25 of them at AngloGold Ashanti's mines. This year, so far, 110 more miners have died ...

11 dead, scores injured after South African mine elevator …

Deaths from South African mining accidents have steadily decreased in the last two decades from nearly 300 in 2000, according to South African government figures. The Associated Press contributed ...

All stakeholders must prevent deaths on South African mines

Deaths in South African mines remain a problem. Though the numbers have decreased markedly since the mid-1990s, 84 were reported last year. ... retrenchments, a drop in global demand in the commodities market and other economic issues have dominated the headlines in mining, while deaths of miners continue to be a …

South Africa: Communities Demand More Benefits From Mines …

AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 500 news and information items daily from over 100 African news organizations and our own reporters to an ...

South Africa: SA's Deadliest Mine Accidents in Numbers

From Coalbrook mine to Marikana, MBALI ZWANE lists the deadliest mine accidents in South African history. South Africa's gold companies are already mining at the world's deepest depths, with Gold ...

South Africa: Failure of Emergency Protocol Led to

On Monday afternoon, 86 Implats mine workers would have been looking forward to returning to the surface and taking a shower. They were spread out among …

11 People Die, 75 Injured After Elevator Plunges 650 Feet

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An elevator suddenly dropped about 650 feet (200 meters) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine ...

South Africa: Families of De Beers Venetia Mine Workers …

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South Africa: Mining Fatalities

"Mine managements have made a substantial effort to reduce the accident and fatality rate by adopting measures within the traditional framework of the mining organisation," Dr HJ Simons, an ...

Eleven miners killed, 75 injured in Implats Rustenburg accident

Mining fatalities fell to a record low in South Africa last year. The 2022 Mine Health and Safety Statistics reported that 49 mineworkers died on the job in 2022 compared with 74 in 2021 and 60 in 2020. As of November 24, the mining industry had recorded 41 fatalities compared to 44 the same period a year earlier.

South Africa: De Beers' Venetia Diamond Mine Suspends

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Elevator plummets at a platinum mine in South Africa, …

This is an undated photograph of Impala Platinum mine shaft 11, provided by Implats on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, near Rustenburg, South Africa. An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 meters (656 feet) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday.