High rates of vaccine hesitancy among mine employees in Mali
Twelve months after the first covid-19 vaccines entered global clinical trials a great threat to their rapid worldwide roll out is hesitancy to get the...
Category : Health and Safety
Opportunities to export protective clothing
THE Southern African region has abundant mineral resources, making mining activities some of the largest economic drivers across the countries. Zambia, one of Zimbabwe’s key...
Kalenborn celebrates its 100th anniversary
For 100 years now, the company co-founded by Dr Kurt Mauritz and based in Vettelschoss, Germany, has been in the business of wear protection. Every...
Lincoln Lubrication SA cements deal to install automated fire suppression systems at Nigerian cement plant
SKF Group Company, Lincoln Lubrication South Africa’s Africa Export division recently received approval from a leading cement producer in Africa to supply, install and commission...
17 miners survive gas suffocation in southern Zambia
Seventeen miners at a coal mine in southern Zambia survived gas suffocation while working underground, a mining official said on Tuesday. The accident happened in...
DR Congo ministers call for eased lockdown for miners
DR Congo’s mines ministry has proposed lifting lockdowns at mining operations after workers went on strike to protest compulsory on-site confinements during the coronavirus outbreak....
A dozen die after Angolan Alrosa diamond mine leak leaves ‘dead fish floating’ in rivers
A toxic leak from an Angolan diamond mine has reportedly killed 12 people after polluting rivers hundreds of miles from the site. This comes via Eve Bazaiba,...
De Beers, National Geographic Form Partnership to Protect Botswana’s Okavango Delta
GABORONE – Mining giant De Beers and the National Geographic Society have announced a partnership to protect the waters and endangered animals of Botswana’s iconic...
Gold mine acquisition highlights increased risk in the mining sector
Centerra Gold Inc. of Canada has invested more than $ 3 billion over nearly 30 years to turn the gold outlook in remote areas of...
Parly advocates for mine safety fund
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development has urged government to set up a mine safety fund that will be used to purchase...