Powering Apartheid: The Coalbrook Mine Disaster of 1960: South …
Metrics. Reprints & Permissions. Read this article. 1960 was a pivotal year in the history of apartheid and of South Africa. However, the first great crisis of that year – …
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Mining disasters in South Africa: the Rovic Diamond Mine disaster …
Deep level mining--which is a very common occurrence in the South African Mining Industry, is fraught with dangers. It is therefore inevitable that these dangers will be a constant source of medico-legal involvement. ... Mining disasters in South Africa: the Rovic Diamond Mine disaster and the criminal liability of the mine authorities Med …
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Lessons from mining accidents in 2022
A mining disaster in Western Ghana killed 17 and wounded hundreds, prompting criticism of the country's industry's failed safety rules. ... South Korea. Officials announced on 4 November 2022 that two South Korean miners trapped inside a collapsed zinc mine in the country's north-eastern county of Bonghwa crawled out nine days later. …
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Burst mining dam in South Africa: What must be done to prevent …
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain. Jagersfontien, a small town in the middle of South Africa with over a century of mining history, awoke to a tragic failure of responsibility on 11 September ...
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(PDF) Exploring strategies for management of disasters …
This study will serve as a model that can be implemented in other areas impacted by illegal mining in South Africa. ... Republic of South Africa, 2003, Disaster Management Act of 2002, Republic of ...
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Impala Platinum Mining Accident Kills 11, Injures 75 — Update
South Africa has a tragic history of mining-relating disasters, including the Coalbrook accident that killed 435 people in 1960, and the Kinross accident, which killed 177 people in 1986.
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Worst natural disasters in South Africa: where and when did
The Sobantu floods of 1987. In 1987, South Africa experienced one of the worst natural disasters in South Africa in terms of human loss, with more than 500 deaths. The floods originated from a low-pressure cut-off zone that gradually moved across the country, fueled by increased moisture levels in the Southeast. Read also.
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Platinum mine disaster kills 11 workers in South Africa
At least 11 people died at a mine owned by Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. when an elevator transporting workers to the surface failed, the worst accident in the …
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After Russian mine tragedy, here's a closer look at the 10
The fatal disaster was a result of a coal dust explosion in the underground mine. Most of the miners who survived the fire and explosion were killed due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Coalbrook mine disaster – South Africa. A cave-in on 21 January, 1960 at the Coalbrook North colliery in South Africa was responsible for the deaths of …
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The 1960 Coalbrook Disaster | The Heritage Portal
Thursday, June 14, 2018 - 20:33. On the 21 January 1960 a major calamity befell the coal mine at Coalbrook, situated in the Northern Free State 21km south west of Vereeniging. 437 miners were buried alive 180 meters below the surface when an estimated 900 pillars collapsed. A major rescue effort was undertaken, unfortunately without any ...
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Impala Platinum mine accident in South Africa kills 11
The latest accident took place on Monday at a mine in Rustenburg, about 100km (60 miles) north-west of Johannesburg. The deaths bring to 55 the number of fatalities on South African mines this ...
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The worst mining disasters in human history
The Aberfan mining disaster of 1966 was one of the most heartbreaking in British history. The small mining community was devastated when heavy rainfall caused the local mine to collapse. The …
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South Africa: mining industry fatalities 2022 | Statista
Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 17, 2023. As of 2022, the number of fatalities in the South African mining industry reached its lowest level, with 49 recorded fatalities. This ...
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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 …
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Burst mining dam in South Africa: what must be done to prevent …
All mining operations produce residue or tailings.Consequently, there are over 200 active tailings facilities in South Africa. While initial extraction removes most of the sought minerals ...
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SOUTH AFRICA
Index showing South Africa's progress through 2018. FIGURE 2 . ND-GAIN Index for South Africa 46.5 47 47.5 48 48.5 49 49.5 50 Score South Afric 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 4 World Bank Open Data, Data Retrieved April 2021. Data Bank: World Development Indicators, South Africa. URL: https://
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More than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining …
In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, at the Coalbrook mine near burg, Orange Free State, caved in. About 1,000 miners were …
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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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Jagersfontein: How mine dams collapse – The Mail & Guardian
The disaster unfolded at about 6am in the diamond mining town, which is situated in the Kopanong local municipality. ... "Our TSFs in South Africa are at the highest risk of failure because they ...
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South Africa mine dam wall collapses, killing 1 and injuring 40
September 11, 20228:43 AM PDTUpdated a year ago. JOHANNESBURG, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Flooding caused by the collapse of a mine dam wall in South Africa's Free State province swept away houses and ...
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Burst mining dam in South Africa: what must be done to prevent …
All mining operations produce residue or tailings.Consequently, there are over 200 active tailings facilities in South Africa. While initial extraction removes most of …
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Miners remember South Africa's Coalbrook tragedy
The Minerals Council South Africa has commemorated the country's worst mining disaster, when 435 men died at the Clydesdale Coalbrook North Colliery in January 1960.
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Powering Apartheid: The Coalbrook Mine Disaster of 1960: South …
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 …
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'Movement' detected at South African mine where dozens …
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have detected "movement" underground at a shuttered gold mine where they believe at least 31 illegal miners died in a suspected gas explosion last month, raising the very slim possibility that there may be survivors, officials said.. Officials also said it's likely that there were more illegal miners …
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Jagersfontein Covered in Mining Waste
On September 11, 2022, a dam collapsed at a diamond mine in Jagersfontein, South Africa, and released a watery mixture of mining waste known as tailings. The sludge poured across the landscape, destroying homes, inundating rivers and grazing land, and injuring dozens. Almost one month after the incident, satellite images …
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Platinum mine disaster kills 11 workers in South Africa
At least 11 people died at a mine owned by Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. when an elevator transporting workers to the surface failed, the worst accident in the South African company's history ...
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The Truth About The Deadly Vaal Reefs Tragedy
Per Mining Technology, the mines at Vaal Reefs account for 90% of the gold mined in the area.In May 1995, more than a hundred people died in a mining disaster and others more were left injured. Miners, who had just finished a day's work 1.4 miles (2.3 kilometers) below ground, boarded a two-floor elevator to take them back up to the …
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The Lily Mine Tragedy and the Collapse of South Africa's
While global mining disasters have decreased in the 21 st century, ... Contributing over 8% of South Africa's GDP, the mining industry cannot be discounted as one of the major contributors to the national economic output. On 5 August 2010, 5 years prior to the Lily Mine collapse, the San Jose mine-collapse in Chile captured the …
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Impala Platinum Mining Accident Kills 11, Injures 75 — Update
South Africa has a tragic history of mining-relating disasters, including the Coalbrook accident that killed 435 people in 1960, and the Kinross accident, which killed …
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Mine Accidents and Disasters | Department of Mineral Resources
Between 1984 and 2005, more than 11 000 mine workers died in South Africa. In 2003, the death toll from mining accidents was approximately 270 fatalities and an agreement was reached to reduce mining fatalities by 20% per annum. The year 2010 was an …
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