Death toll in South African mines down to 84 in 2018
CAPE TOWN South African mining industry body group, the Mineral Council, said on Monday 84 miners were killed last year in miningrelated accidents compared with 89 a year earlier. The mining
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CAPE TOWN South African mining industry body group, the Mineral Council, said on Monday 84 miners were killed last year in miningrelated accidents compared with 89 a year earlier. The mining
Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa''s most advanced and richest economy. Largescale and profitable mining started with the discovery of a diamond on the banks of the Orange River in 1867 by Erasmus Jacobs and the subsequent discovery and exploitation of the Kimberley pipes a few years later.
The worst mining disasters in the South African mining industry are listed below: 435 Miners lost their lives on 21 January 1960 at Coalbrook North Colliery situated near burg, Free State. A complete underground mine area collapse was caused by the disintegration of
South Africa South Africa Gold mining: Prospectors established in 1886 the existence of a belt of goldbearing reefs 40 miles (60 km) wide centred on presentday Johannesburg. The rapid growth of the goldmining industry intensified processes started by the diamond boom: immigration, urbanization, capital investment, and labour migrancy. By 1899 the gold industry attracted investment worth
Sep 13, 2011#0183;#32;Unnatural deaths were a very common cause of death in this cohort of South African platinum miners, resulting in 808 premature deaths in a 17year period, one quarter of all deaths in the cohort. The overall rate of unnatural death in this cohort was 290/100,000 py, more than triple the worldwide average for adult males in 2004 (90/100,000 py). [1]
Sep 29, 2019#0183;#32;In the year to 23 September 2019, there were a regrettable 35 fatalities in South Africas mining industry, according to data compiled by the Minerals Council South Africa.
STATISTICS SOUTH AFRICA ii Mortality and causes of death in South Africa, 2016: Findings from death notification Preface This statistical release presents information on mortality and causes of death in South Africa for deaths that occurred in 2016.
The 2017 death toll in South Africa''s mines has already surpassed the 2016 figure, ending nine straight years of falling fatalities in the world''s deepest mines and raising red flags for the
Dec 23, 2020#0183;#32;Estimated number of excess natural deaths of persons 1+ years by province and metro, South Africa 2020 One approach to aid understanding of the emerging COVID19 mortality is to compare the estimated weekly excess deaths with the number of COVID19 deaths reported by the Minister of Health as shown in the figure below.
Contributing to the upward surge in 1980 was a relatively high gold price. In other words, for every R100 that the South African economy produced that year, R21 was due to mining. In 1987, employment in the industry peaked at just over 760 000 individuals 1. Of course, mining is not the only industry that contributes to the South African economy.
Mar 01, 2019#0183;#32;902 in 2016 to 975 in deaths reported from the gold mines decreased from 26 in 2016 to 15 in 2017, and from platinum mines the number increased from five (5) in 2016 to seven (7) in 2017. Coal mines decreased reported two (2) medical deaths in 2016 and one (1) in 2017.
Jan 27, 2015#0183;#32;Overall, fatality rates improved 72% to in 2013 from in 2003. Australia, Canada and the US recorded a combined improvement rate of 29% to a rate of in 2013 from in 2003, Mining Weekly Online reported. Injuries in South Africa fell from 8 515 in 1993 to 3 126 in 2013.
Results are encouraging. In 2003, falls of ground accounted for 131 of 267 deaths in South Africas mines. In 2015, they caused 22 out of 77. Safety nets have proven their worth.
Oct 14, 2020#0183;#32;On the same day, the count for Africa was a cumulative total of 35,954. Africa accounts for 17% of the global population but only % of these global deaths officially attributed to
The number of deaths due to mining incidents for the period of June 1, 2008 to June 1, 2009 were 142 deaths of miners lawfully employed (and) 135 deaths of illegal miners South Africas Mines Minister Susan Shabangu said in a written reply to government on July 2nd.
We take a look at a few highlights/low lights of South Africa''s mining industry as published by Statistics South Africa Exactly a week after delegates closed the 26 th Investing in African Mining Indaba, Stats SA released data on the performance of the mining industry in 2019. The level of production was 1,3% lower in 2019 than 2018, which in turn was 2,1% lower than 2017.
Jan 24, 2020#0183;#32;South Africas mining death toll reached an alltime low in 2019 with 51 fatalities. The countrys Department of Mineral Resources has published statistics
Sep 27, 2016#0183;#32;Illegal gold mining is getting worse in South Africa, according to rescuers, who hauled a record number of dead bodies from abandoned mines this year.
Jul 04, 2019#0183;#32;The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Royalty Act 28 of 2008 (Royalty Act) sets out the revenuebased royalties payable on mineral resources that are extracted within South Africa
Among the country''s mineworkers, there were 9,412 positive cases and 99 deaths, according to the Minerals Council South Africa figures yesterday. It said the industry''s testing rate was %
Dec 07, 2017#0183;#32;South Africa has gone from being by far the deadliest place to work in a mine to ranking near rivals including the and Canada for fatality rates.
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