South Africa’s mining death toll reached an all-time low in 2019 with 51 fatalities. The country’s Department of Mineral Resources has published statistics showing annual deaths have fallen from 81 in 2018.. There were 19 deaths each in platinum and gold extraction, seven deaths in coal extraction, and six across all other forms of mining in the country.
The South African Department of Mineral Resources has announced statistics regarding the safety performance of the mining sector in 2018, which show a 10% decrease in fatalities compared to 2017. Total fatalities across all commodities fell year-on-year from 90 to 81, with improvements of 10% and 59% in coal and platinum sectors respectively.
8-12-2017· Operators in South Africa still use labor-intensive mining methods such as hand drilling. Miners could reduce fatalities -- and increase profit margins -- by automating their operations.
After growing by 3,1% in the fourth quarter of 2017, the South Africa economy wobbled in the first quarter of 2018, shrinking by 2,2% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted and annualised). Agriculture, mining and manufacturing were the main contributors to the slowdown, with the electricity, construction and trade industries also recording negative growth.
2019 Had the lowest number of mining fatalities on record in South Africa with 51 deaths reported. This is according to the 2019 mining health and safety statistics released by Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe on Friday. The report showed a continued year-on-year improvement of 37% in comparison to the 81 recorded in 2019.
Mining in South Africa was once the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. Large-scale 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 Minerals Council South Africa announced the publication of its Integrated Annual Review and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 at its 130th annual general meeting (AGM) today. 2019 Highlights. The mining sector contributed R360.9 billion to GDP in 2019.
JOHANNESBURG - Fatalities in the South African mining industry fell the most in recorded history, with the sector reporting 51 deadly accidents last year, while deaths in deep-level gold mines ...
South Africa, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), Solidarity, UASA and the South African Institute of Rock Engineers. Monitoring and enforcing compliance with the law. In November 2018 we issued two directives to the South African Mining …
With only three months remaining in 2019, South Africa’s mining industry is on track to achieve the lowest number of fatalities in recorded history – having recorded 35 fatalities for 2019, as at 23 September 2019 – a marked improvement on the 81 fatalities suffered in 2018.
Amplats' record fatalities come as South Africa's mining industry had made significant progress in 2019, after reducing fatalities to 51 in 2019 from 81 a year earlier. Chris Griffith, CEO of ...
Deaths in the mining sector continue to reduce, with a record-low 77 fatalities reported in 2015. That is 8% lower than the 84 deaths in 2014, said Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane on ...
The mining sector has recorded 51 fatalities in 2019, the lowest ever recorded in the South African mining industry. “This represents a 37% improvement, year on year, compared to 2018 fatalities,” said Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe at a media briefing on the release of the 2019 mine health and safety statistics on Friday.
Leger, J.-P., 1991. Trends and causes of fatalities in South African mines. Safety Science, 14: 169–185.. The trends and principal causes of occupational fatalities and disasters (defined as six or more fatalities in one incident) in the South African mining industry are analysed.
As the yearly recorded number of mining injuries and fatalities in South Africa continues to decrease, albeit at a slower pace in 2016 than in previous years, the focus of the industry shifts once ...
Rock-related fatality trends in the South African gold mining industry decrease of the total rock-related fatality rate is 2.3 per cent per year and, considering the scatter of the data, it can be stated with 80 per cent confidence that the average decrease is between 1.0 per cent and 3.6 per cent per year.
South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said on Sunday that 20 out of 45 mining deaths reported since the start of 2018 have taken place at Sibanye-Stillwater’s (JSE:SGL ...
Mining records a drop in occupational fatalities. Friday, March 1, ... Annual Medical Reports increased by 8% from 902 in 2016 to 975 in 2017. ... President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for a shared vision and strategy between South Africa and Lesotho to …
The mining industry, represented by the Chamber of Mines, welcomes the improved 2015 mining industry safety statistics, as released by the Minister of Mineral Resources on Thursday, 28 January 2016. We are gratified to note the continuing improvement in safety performance, particularly the sustained reduction in the number of fatalities in accidents on our mines.
Lack of management and poor workmanship leads to injuries and fatalities in SA construction sector – Department Of Labour. Lack of supervision and commitment by management and poor workmanship were some of the biggest causes of incidents that lead to injuries and fatalities in the South African construction industry, Lennie Samuel, a senior inspector and forensic investigator at the ...
4-6-2020· There had been no fatalities on South African mines so far as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Dr Thuthula Balfour, head of health and the Minerals Council South Africa. However, deaths and injuries from mining operations continue to be the scourge of the sector.
Mining: winners and losers of 2017. The 2017 Mining Charter published by government in June has seen its fair share of debate, opening intense discussions on the industry’s future. Outside of this policy debate, Stats SA recently published figures showing how the industry performed in 2016 and 2017. 2016 wasn’t a good year for South African ...
In 2016, 73 miners were killed working in South Africa’s mining sector, or about 1.4 a week. That underscores the dangerous nature of the industry in South Africa, which is home to the world’s ...
MEDIA RELEASE 28 May 2020 FATALITY AT SOUTH AFRICA ENERGY COAL South32 regrets to advise that one of our colleagues, a contractor with Modi Mining, was fatally injured while working at the Ifalethu Colliery in the Wolvekrans Middelburg Complex at South Africa Energy Coal on 27 May 2020.
The Mineral Resources Department has recorded a 10% decrease in occupational fatalities. In 2018, a total of 81 fatalities were reported versus 90 in 2017," said Chief Mining Inspector David Msiza ...
Mining production in South Africa sank 47.3 percent year-on-year in April of 2020, following an 18 percent tumble in the previous month. It was the biggest decline in mining activity since available records began in January of 1981, mainly attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown regulations since March 27th which forced mines to suspend operations.
