In remote communities, SA’s mines are pivotal in tempering next wave of Covid-19
Outside Anglo American Platinum’s Tumela mine shaft about 25 workers, many still in the overalls and hard hats they wore on their shift, sit patiently...
Category : Health and Safety
Tanzania: Plight of Tanzanian Children Working in Mines
CHILDREN from families living near mines find themselves in precarious situations that do not bode well for their rights and welfare. This was said recently...
Rossing mining bolsters healthcare, COVID-19 fight in Namibia
upport by a China-invested company, Namibia has heightened healthcare provision and enabling medical professionals in the country’s coastal Erongo region to perform their duties more...
Tennessee zinc mine collapse kills one, injures two
A wall collapse at Nyrstar’s Immel Mine in eastern Knoxville County, Tennessee on Tuesday afternoon left two miners injured and another dead. Both of the...
Stockholm Vatten och Avfall is using Jama’s new rescue chamber in Stockholm’s largest wastewater treatment project
In order to be able to treat the City of Stockholm’s wastewater in the future, the municipalcompany Stockholm Vatten och Avfall is making a significant...
Matrix launches collision avoidance application
Indiana-based engineering firm Matrix Design Group has launched an AI-powered collision avoidance application for mining operations. The application uses AI and machine learning to ensure...
Pressure grows on Sibanye-Stillwater as four miners killed at gold, PGM operations
FOUR miners lost their lives at the mines of Sibanye-Stillwater today, the gold and platinum group metals (PGM) miner said in an announcement. A miner was...
How mining plans to drive down carbon emissions
Following international climate change commitments to reduce carbon emissions, many countries are now starting to plan the practical details of how they will achieve their...
Minerals Commission sensitises mining communities on eliminating child labour
The Gender and International Affairs Unit of Minerals Commission has held a sensitisation and awareness creation programme on the theme “Eliminating child labour in the...
Impacting the local community with donation of critical pre-term baby equipment at Kitwe Teaching Hospital
The future of each child starts at the moment of birth. Unfortunately, not all babies are born full-term and are therefore exposed to numerous complications...