Powering Apartheid: The Coalbrook Mine Disaster of 1960

23 South African miners suffer from many respiratory diseases, including emphysema, pneumonia, asthma and bronchitis. A study of older gold miners (over 37) in South Africa in 2006 found that 35 per cent tested positive for silica-induced pulmonary tuberculosis: J.M. teWaternaude, R.I. Ehrlich, G.J. Churchyard et al., 'Tuberculosis and Silica Exposure in …

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Rediscovering South Africa: Flood disaster risk management …

South Africa was selected due to the rapid urban growth with increasing pressure on the ecosystem of cities. Considering the risk of flood occurring in a given year at about 83.3% (Zuma et al., 2012), in the context of climate change and disaster risk, there are looming problems in the management of disaster in the country.Hence, this study adopts descriptive and …

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Ermelo, 9 April 1987

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The catastrophic failure of the Jagersfontein tailings dam: An

This study provides a sociohistorical account of decisions made over a 150-year period about the Jagersfontein mine in South Africa's Free State and the catastrophic failure of …

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Mining Indaba: Industry demands sweeping overhaul to revive South …

South Africa's mining industry supports 90 renewable energy projects worth R275 billion ($14.8 billion), Mthenjane said. These projects promise 15.8 gigawatts of capacity to help reduce grid ...

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Reflecting on South Africa's mining safety: Lessons from past …

From the harrowing Stilfontein tragedy, where 78 illegal miners perished, to the Lily Mine disaster that claimed three lives when a container fell into a gaping chasm, the …

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Coalbrook, 21 January 1960

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South Africa criticized for 'horrific' mining crackdown after

South Africa loses more than a $1 billion to illegal mining every year and has vowed a crackdown of the trade. There are an estimated 100,000 artisanal miners in the …

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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa …

Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender? Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners …

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How South Africa's recent floods compel climate action

This partnership between South Africa, France, Germany, the UK, and the USA, aims to support South Africa's just transition to a low carbon economy and climate-resilient society. As Africa's most industrialized nation and the world's 7 th largest coal producer, South Africa is the world's 12 th largest emitter of carbon dioxide (C02 ...

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Merriespruit, 22 February 1994

Tailings poured over a distance of 4km engulfing 80 Merriespruit homes and claiming the lives of 17 people in the gold mining town of ia in South Africa's Free State province. The official investigation into the disaster indicated that the tailings dam did not have the mandated freeboard to cope with this rare kind of rainstorm ...

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disater in south africa

mining and construction disasters in south africa-[mining plant] Mine disaster kills 177 | South African History Online... September 1986, 177 mine workers were killed at Kinross Mine in one of South Africa's worst mine disasters.

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Identification of External Risks Affecting the South …

External Risk, Mitigation Strategies, Mining Sector, South Africa . 1. Introduction The mining industry has always played a crucial role in human existence. It is one of the top two earliest human ... Natural disasters can cause interruptions such as mine closures, damage to employees' homes and travelling routes, power outages and physical ...

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Mining fatalities reach a new low of 49; injuries

South Africa's mining industry suffered 49 fatalities in 2022 – a 34% improvement on the 74 fatalities of 2021 and a record low, thereby continuing the downward trend many in the mining ...

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More than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney

South Africa is a world leader in deep mining, with its gold mines being the deepest man-made excavations to date. However the cost of mining activities, in South Africa, with regard to human life and environment is tremendous. On10 May 1995, more than 100 miners lost their lives when a elevator plunged to the bottom of a mineshaft in Orkney ...

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210 Mining Safety Jobs in South Africa

Today's top 210 Mining Safety jobs in South Africa. Leverage your professional network, and get hired. New Mining Safety jobs added daily.

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History of explosions in the South African coal mining industry

A summary of the history of explosions over the past century in the South African mining industry is shown in Table 3 (Landman, 1992; Phillips and Landman, 1993). ... View in full-text Similar ...

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Impala Platinum mine accident in South Africa kills 11

An accident at a platinum mine in South Africa has killed 11 workers and injured 75, the mine's operator says. Impala Platinum chief executive Nico Muller described it as the "darkest day" in the ...

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Golden river of toxic waste from South African …

A collapsed dam at a diamond mine in South Africa recently released a torrent of mining waste into the surrounding area. A new satellite image shows the trail of dried and potentially toxic mud ...

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Earth from space: Golden river of toxic waste spills out from …

A mining disaster in the South African town of Jagersfontein released a slurry of potentially toxic waste, known as tailings, into the surrounding countryside. (Image credit: NASA/Landsat/Lauren ...

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Are our mines safe?

The recent media attention on the trapped Chilean miners brings to mind South Africa's worst mining disaster which occurred when 437 workers died in January 1960. But what progress on safety has there been since then? Nielen van der Merwe outlines some advances but also argues that more research is urgently needed if we want to

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Mine Accidents and Disasters | Department of Mineral …

MINE ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS. The overall number of deaths in the South African mining industry has declined over the past decades, but the greatest impact of mining accidents is noticed amongst the family members and colleagues left behind after a mine worker lost his or …

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South African Mining Triumphs Amid Challenges

South African mining sector emerges strong, adding jobs and boosting the economy with R135.3 billion in contributions. Home; News; Exploration & Development; Finance; Opinion; ... – South Africa's mineral sales in nominal terms declined by more than 13% in the first ten months of 2023, marking the first calendar year decline since 2015 and ...

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A history of mining in South Africa

By the end of 2011, South Africa's mining industry was the largest contributor to economic transformation, with broad-based black economic empowerment deals worth R150-billion completed. A A bout the author. Shamin Chibba has 13 years of writing experience, including three years as an editor.

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Middelbult, 13 May 1993

Over the years, the South African coal mining industry has demonstrated a continued improvement in its safety performance by reducing fatalities significantly since 2003, when it was performing worse than countries such as the United States (US) and Australia. ... Since 2010, this trend has shifted, and South Africa's coal sector fatality ...

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Mining Disater In South Africa

Coalbrook, 21 January 1960. On Thursday, 21 January 1960, a roof caved in at the Clydesdale Coalbrook North Colliery, located near burg. A further cave-in took place a few hours later in the same locality from which mineworkers had been removed a short time before.

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We care and we remember

On this day in 1986, 177 miners lost their lives, and another 235 miners were injured in one of South Africa's worst mining disasters. September 12, 2016 Hlobane, 12 September 1983. The Minerals Council South Africa and the coal industry remembers the 64 miners who lost their lives in a methane explosion at the Hlobane colliery, near the town ...

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Calls intensify for audit of South African tailings dams after

Following the tragic collapse of the Jagersfontein tailings storage facility (TSF) in the Free State on September 11, there has been a resurgence of urgent calls for audits of South Africa's ...

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Earth from space: Golden river of toxic waste spills …

A mining disaster in the South African town of Jagersfontein released a slurry of potentially toxic waste, known as tailings, into the surrounding countryside. (Image credit: NASA/Landsat/Lauren ...

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The St Helena Mine Disaster of 1987: Causes, Consequences, …

The St Helena Mine Disaster occurred in September 1987 at the St Helena gold mine, located near the town of ia in the Free State province of South Africa. This tragic incident resulted in the deaths of forty miners and stands as one of the deadliest mining disasters in South African history.. Key Details of the St Helena Mine Disaster: 1. St Helena Mine Overview:

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