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Mining vs Safety: Two killed in accident at Glencore’s Zambian mine

Posted on March 20, 2019March 20, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Two workers died in an accident at Glencore’s Zambian operation Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) on Tuesday, prompting it to suspend production pending investigations, the company said.

Mining vs Safety: Zimbabwe to review safety laws after fatal incident

Posted on February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Zimbabwe’s government will review mining legislation to improve safety standards in the industry, after 24 miners died when two gold shafts collapsed, the Herald reported, citing Mines Minister Winston Chitando.

Mining vs Safety: Calls for more security at SA mines following Gloria coal mine incident

Posted on February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

South Africa Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday said the priority remains to restore ventilation at the Gloria mine, in Mpumalanga, and to reduce flammable gases underground so that the search and recovery process can continue with the necessary speed.

Mining vs Safety: Zimbabwean rescuers pull 22 bodies from mine, eight more found alive

Posted on February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

Zimbabwean rescuers pulled the bodies of at least 22 illegal gold miners out of shafts west of Harare that were flooded earlier in the week, and rescued eight more alive, officials and witnesses said on Saturday.

Mining vs Safety: Six die at South Africa coal mine gas explosion

Posted on February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

The number of people killed by a gas explosion in an unused coal mine in South Africa’s eastern province of Mpumalanga has risen to six, and several others remain trapped, an official at the mine said on Thursday.

Safety vs Mining: “At 3 Sudanese miners dead, 10 trapped in collapsed gold mine” – company reports

Posted on December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Three miners were killed and 10 were trapped underground when a gold mine they were working at in northern Sudan collapsed, the state’s Sudanese Mineral Resources Company (SMRC) said in a statement on Friday.

Mining vs Safety: Mine collapse in Zimbabwe kills one, injures three

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Local media are reporting that one person died and three were injured after a wall collapsed at the community-operated Gaika Mine in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe.

Africa Mining: After fatality at Zambia mine, Vedanta Africa halts works

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

Vedanta Resources’ Zambian unit said on Thursday work at its Konkola Copper Mine underground copper shaft 4 was halted after one miner was killed in an accident to allow for investigations into the incident, the company said.

Mining vs Safety: “At least killed in Zambia copper mine dump collapse” – police reports

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

At least ten people were killed and another ten injured after a dumping site for copper mining waste collapsed in the town of Kitwe in Zambia’s Copperbelt province, police said on Wednesday.

Africa Mining vs Safety: Fatality at SA Anglo American Platinum

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Mozambique Resources Post

A fatal accident has taken place at Anglo American Platinum’s (SJ:AMS) precious metals refinery in Rustenburg, South Africa, with an employee succumbing to his injuries on September 5.

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