Tag: miners
Getting back on track
Chris Hattingh, Executive Director, Centre for Risk Analysis
IN 2022 Exxaro (by production the country’s biggest coal miner) exported 5,2 million tons of coal. For...
Giving smaller-scale miners a voice when it matters most
PROVIDING up-to-the-minute services and solutions to surface miners remains a key focus of industry association, ASPASA, which aims to smooth the way for its...
Hearing loss is a neglected hazard for miners
IN 2020 alone, despite COVID-19, mining contributed R361.6 billion to South Africa’s gross domestic product, a share of over 8%. The industry employs 451 000 people.
But...
Safe, lightweight walkways for mine rescue drill
MENTIS Africa supplied positive-grip, pressed-section planks and walkways from its well-known Die-Line range for the Chamber of Mines rescue drilling unit based at Colliery...
New code for surface miners
World-renowned surface mining industry association, ASPASA, has transformed the nature of the industry over the past two decades and plans to advance the industry...
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