Digging Deep describes the establishment and unparalleled growth of mining, tracing the history of the industry from its humble beginnings where copper was first mined on a …
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Further study by Sengani (2018) commented that rock bursts have been noted to be the common and major hazardous situation faced by deep to ultra-deep gold mines in South Africa. As mining has …
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The depth of mining in the gold mines of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa is continuously increasing, with several mines already stopping at depths exceeding 3500m.
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Following South Africa's ratification of the ILO's Safety and Health in Mines Convention, fatalities in the country's mines dropped from a reported 774 in 1984 to 128 in 2010. The South African mining …
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Over the past few years, it has been a rocky road for the South African mining industry. But, it is not all doom and gloom. YANDI MINI, Principal at Boston Consulting …
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The South African gold mining industry is currently faced with challenges of extracting ore at deep levels. Stress accumulates significantly in the rockmass as the depth of mining increases.
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The study population comprised all workers employed at eight mines in South Africa; the study mines were identified by commodity, and included those in the platinum (n = 3), gold (n = 2), coal …
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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 …
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The Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2000 7 Introduction Preconditioning, or 'destressing' as it was …
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Industrial scale mining in South Africa began in the 1850's with the establishment of the first copper mine. Then, in 1867, diamonds were discovered in …
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