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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 22 August 2013 – In the pursuit of justice for tens of thousands of mineworkers in South Africa and throughout the neighboring regions, Abrahams Kiewitz Attorneys, the Legal Resources Centre and Richard Spoor Attorneys Inc. today submitted an application for … Continued
Date: 11 – 13 November 2013 Venue: AngloGoldAshanti, West Wits Satelite Training Centre Contact: fcloete@anglogoldashanti.com
SOUTH AFRICAN MINING SECTOR TO MEET AS IT RE-ASSERTS ITSELF AS A GLOBAL PLAYER The Chamber of Mines South Africa, in partnership with the Department of Mineral Resources and the National Union of Mineworkers, will host the second Mining Lekgotla … Continued
12 July, 2013 Malavika An investigation in China has shown a coal mine company hid the death toll from a gas explosion in northeast China’s Jilin Province in March. Xinhuanet reported the explosion happened on March 29 at Tonghua … Continued
NEW DELHI: Consistently clocking negative growth for the past two years, the mining industry now has some good news: this has been the safest period with the number of fatal accidents hitting an all-time low of 112 in 2011 and rising marginally … Continued
Description of Incident The banksman was transporting material, the last car to be put down was an enclosed tool car. As this car was about to be loaded the banksman noticed the smell of acetylene gas and as the car … Continued
WHAT HAPPENED? Recently a worker died when a 4500 litre fuel tank he was cutting with an angle grinder exploded. The tank had been stored in the ground for a number of years and had recently been removed for disposal. The employee was cutting … Continued
Anthony Coutinho from the Department of Mineral Resources gives expert insights into mining health and safety. Anthony Coutinho will be addressing health & safety challenges faced by the mining industry at the 3rd Global Health and Safety Forum in Mining on 16-17 September … Continued
Below are the winning photos from the recent photo competition!
A difficult and time-consuming rescue process was ongoing early Wednesday for dozens of Freeport Indonesia employees and contract workers trapped in a tunnel collapse. Author: Dorothy Kosich RENO (MINEWEB) – Freeport Indonesia reported Tuesday that rescue workers from the company … Continued