South African Mining 2024 Outlook: Navigating Challenges …
by Adenike Adeodun January 30, 2024. The year 2023 proved to be an exceptionally demanding period for the global mining industry, with South Africa facing multifaceted and far-reaching challenges. These challenges have pushed the sector into a state of crisis-mode management, which has become the norm in the management of South African …
(PDF) Assessing Spontaneous Combustion Risk In South African Coal Mines
Assessing Spontaneous Combustion Risk In South African Coal Mines Using A GIS Tool Sezer Uludag and Huw R Phillips School of Mining Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa H.Nehar Eroglu CSIR-Miningtek, Johannesburg, South Africa ABSTRACT: The mapping of areas that are prone to …
(PDF) South African Mine Effluents: Heavy Metal
Abstract and Figures. South Africa embarks on extensive mining activities, which consequently produce enormous quantities of toxic HMs1 that pollute the surroundings; subjecting the ecosystem to ...
Mining on Indigenous Lands in South Africa
For indigenous people living in and around areas in South Africa where mining activity is prevalent (usually located in indigenous territories, see bantustans in earlier picture), considerable health risks and damage to the environment has been recorded (Fantke & Ngole-Jeme, 2017). In a study from 2017, it was found that in …
The top risks facing the South African mining industry
Identification of risks and the management thereof is an important role of management in a company. On a yearly basis listed companies use their integrated report to communicate to stakeholders the risks they have identified to the business and the management thereof.. According to to industry-focused assurance, advisory and tax …
The top 10 South African mining risks according to …
The top 10 risks include: 1. Access to energy and water. 2. Increased unionisation and high wage. demand. 3. Commodity price …
Developing a national mine closure risk and opportunity …
This paper describes the development and application of a novel Mine Closure Risk and Opportunities Atlas for South Africa, an ArcGIS web map which displays mining, social, economic, environmental, governance and demographic datasets that are relevant to mine closure. Section 2 details the methodology which describes the development of the tool ...
Different types of risk assessments
The purpose of conducting a baseline HIRA is to establish a risk profile or a set of risk profiles. It is used to prioritise action programmes for issue-based risk assessments. It should be performed to obtain a benchmark of the types and size of potential hazards, which could have a significant impact on the whole organisation.
Hazards identified and the need for health risk …
Mining and processing of minerals also result in occu-pational exposure to toxic substances such as platinum, chromium, vanadium, manganese, mercury, cyanide and diesel particulate. South Africa has set occupational exposure limits (OELs) for some hazards, but mine workers are still at a risk.
A history of mining in South Africa (ZA)
A history of mining in South Africa. M ining in South Africa has been a contentious issue since 15-year-old Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs discovered South Africa's first diamond, the Eureka, in Hopetown in 1867. It kickstarted what historians call the Mineral Revolution, which made few European opportunists wealthy beyond measure, and saw …
Noise induced hearing loss: What South African mine workers know
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), the irreversible damage caused to the auditory nerve (or its components) which begins in the range between 3000-6000 Hz (Kanji, Khoza-Shangase, & Ntlhakana, 2019 ...
MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA: THE CHALLENGES AND …
First net loss -$27bn (2014: $50bn profit). Gearing increased to 46% (2014: 38%). Miners have impaired 32% of capex 2010-15. Market capitalization fell to $494bn (end 2014: $791bn) – back to pre-GFC levels. Mining companies are focused on cost cutting, productivity improvement, capital discipline and adjustment.
Hazards identified and the Need for Health Risk Assessment in the South
The risk of asbestos exposure in South African diamond mine workers. Ann Occup Hyg 2011; 55: 569–577. 15. Jude AC, Sasikala K, Kumar RA, et al. Haematological and cytogenetic studies in workers occupationally exposed to cement dust. Int J Hum Genet 2002; 2: 95–99. 16. Leger J-P. Occupational diseases in South African mines—a …
Mine Closure Risk Assessment for a Sustainable Future in South Africa
The use of a mine closure rating system, both within and outside South Africa, offers diverse applications for reducing closure risks. By pinpointing high-risk environmental impacts, the system aids in thorough and targeted environmental risk assessments, leading to improved mitigation strategies. It also facilitates the accurate …
use of bacteria in south african gold mining
Coal mining processing plant in Nigeria. This coal mining project is an open pit mine located in Nigeria, announced by mining company - Western Goldfields - that it has discovered 62,400,000 tonnes of proven reserves of coal deposits worth US$1.2 billion which could be used for the generation of electric power...
Trends and causes of fatalities in South African mines
6. Rockfall and rockburst fatality rates Rockfalls and rockbursts combined generally cause more than half of all gold mine deaths. In coal mines, falls of ground were responsible in the past for more than half of all fatalities, but have declined since the mid-1970s to about one third of all coal mine fatalities.
(PDF) Burden of Silicosis in the South African Mining Sector …
The database was established in 1975 3 and now contains demographic and pathological (macro-and micro-scopic) information on more than 100 000 deceased mine workers who worked in various South ...
risk asents on chairlits in south african mines
The South African mining industry has been, and continues to be, reliant on migrant labour from rural areas of South Africa and neighbouring Southern African countries. Between 1973 and 2012, 1.64 million miners, mostly internal or foreign migrants, were recruited through the primary regional recruitment agency, TEBA Ltd. ("TEBA"), of whom ...
Musculoskeletal disorders in the South African mining …
Seven hundred and one controls were identified: 81 at the coal mine, 345 at the gold mine and 275 at the platinum mine. The percentages of mineworkers employed on the mine presenting to the mine clinic with a musculoskeletal disorder over the six months of the study were 7.0% at the coal mine, 5.4% at the gold mine and 8.1% at the platinum …
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Hazards identified and the need for health risk assessment in the South
Authors: Utembe W, Faustman EM, Matatiele P, Gulumian M Source: Human And Experimental Toxicology, 34(12): 1212-1221 Summary: Although mining plays a prominent role in the economy of South Africa, it is associated with many chemical hazards. Exposure to dust from mining can lead to many pathological effects depending on mineralogical …
Investing in South African Mines: Risk Mitigation Strategies
Explore expert risk mitigation techniques for South African mining investments. Ensure market insight and secure returns. Read on for strategic advice.
2020 mining risk survey report
The South African Perspective - Risks and Opportunities for Mining. During this survey, KPMG gathered insights from more than eight of the biggest mining countries in the …
Identification of External Risks Affecting the South …
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Mine Closure Risk Assessment for a Sustainable Future in …
WEB01 February 2024. Researchers have introduced a methodology for calculating mine closure risk ratings for active mines in South Africa that also has applications across …
Regulation and remediation of the impacts of mine wastes …
15 Elvis Fosso-Kankeu, Alusani Manyatshe and Frans Waanders, 'Mobility Potential of Metals in Acid Mine Drainage Occurring in the Highveld Area of Mpumalanga Province in South Africa: Implication of Sediments and Efflorescent Crusts' (2017) 119 International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 661, 662; FG Bell, SET Bullock, TFJ …
A Mine Closure Risk Rating System for South Africa
This paper describes the development of a quantitative mine closure risk rating system that assesses the likelihood of mine closure, the risk of social impact and …
Monitoring the development of artisanal mines …
P. Mhangara, L.T. T soeleng, and W. Mapurisa 1. Synopsis. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have risen significantly in sub-Saharan Africa and. other developing regions. ASM is ...
(PDF) Remnant Mining in South African Gold …
Abstract. It is evident that the reserves available for mining in the goldfields of South Africa are likely to be significantly reduced in 10 to 15 years. A significant percentage of the ore ...
AN EXPERT SYSTEM ON ASSESSING ROCKBURST RISKS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN …
Expert systems are methods that can cope with rock engineer's expertise effectively.An expert system on assessing rockburst risks for South African deep gold mines is described.Expertise was represented by rules, frames and mathematical models integratively. About 9.50rules was built in the knowledge base, which can be learned by …
Technical risk assessment techniques and practice in …
Synopsis. The junior and small-scale mining sectors in South Africa play an important role in the livelihoods of numerous communities. Mining presents an opportunity, in the post …
