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Sibanye suspends Kloof shaft operations after infrastructure damage 1 International Gold Mine Safety 

Sibanye suspends Kloof shaft operations after infrastructure damage

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Sibanye Stillwater has suspended mining operations at its Kloof 4 shaft in South Africa, which produces 14% of the miner’s gold output, after it suffered infrastructure damage, the company said on Tuesday August1st. No injuries were reported after the incident, which occurred on July 30 during a standard safety trial run of the conveyance system conducted before workers were hoisted up the shaft, Sibanye said in a statement. “The incident occurred between shifts and all employees below 39 level were safely brought to the surface without any injuries sustained,” the… Read More Here
Fourteen miners dead in Sudan, dozens injured in mine collapse - official 2 International Mine Safety Safety & Health 

Fourteen miners dead in Sudan, dozens injured in mine collapse – official

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Fourteen miners have died and more than 20 have been injured in a mine collapse in Sudan’s Northern state, a senior official in state-owned Sudanese Mineral Resources Company told Reuters on Friday. Part of a mountainside collapsed near al Jabal al Ahmar mine, located 70kms away from Wadi Halfa city, causing the deadly accident on Thursday, Moataz Hajj Nour told Reuters. Witnesses said miners were digging for gold using heavy machinery which had caused the collapse, according to Sudan News Agency (SUNA) on Thursday. Source: reuters.com Read More Here
Worker Fatality Forces Mopani Mining Shaft Suspension 3 Mining in Zambia Copper Mine Safety 

Worker Fatality Forces Mopani Mining Shaft Suspension

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Mopani Copper Mines in Zambia has halted operations at one of its shafts in Kitwe, which is located more than 350 km north of the capital Lusaka. This decision was made following an unfortunate incident in which a worker died. According to a statement released by the company yesterday 28th, the incident occurred at the 3360 feet level while a team of contractor employees were reportedly loading sludge into a stationary underground rail wagon. It remains unclear what exactly led to the accident, but one contractor employee suffered fatal injuries… Read More Here
More bodies found in China Mine collapse, More Personnel Remain missing  4 International Mine Safety Safety & Health 

More bodies found in China Mine collapse, More Personnel Remain missing 

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Rescuers with backhoes and bulldozers are digging through tons of earth and rubble to search for the missing mine workers after a coal mine collapsed in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The death toll has risen to six, and 47 people remain missing nearly two days after the incident occurred. As of 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 23rd, six people have been successfully rescued. Conditions in the area remain dangerous, and the search had to be suspended for several hours after a second landslide at the gigantic facility in… Read More Here
Tragic Accident Claims a Life and Injures Another at Kalumbila Mine in Zambia 5 Copper Mine Safety Mining in Zambia 

Tragic Accident Claims a Life and Injures Another at Kalumbila Mine in Zambia

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An unfortunate accident took place on Wednesday 1st feb 2023 night at the Kalumbila mine in Zambia, causing one fatality and severe harm to another person. The police stated that the tragedy involved a giant garbage truck running over a Toyota Land Cruiser pickup, with the deceased, Lolioan Chona (47), as a passenger. A statement from FQM website reads; “First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum” or “the Company”) (TSX: FM) is deeply saddened to announce that a worker at its Trident operation passed away following a traffic accident in the… Read More Here
MMG’s Las Bambas Halts Mining On Safety Fears 6 Mine Safety International 

MMG’s Las Bambas Halts Mining On Safety Fears

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TVPeru Noticias reported that activities at MMG Ltd’s Las Bambas copper mines have been suspended due to unrest at another nearby mining site, citing a union leader. Erick Ramos Luna, union leader at the MMG’s Las Bambas mines, stated that the company made the decision to stop work at the mine on Friday in order to protect workers from violence as roads were blocked and protests continue over the ouster of leftist President Pedro Castillo last month. A representative for MMG did not provide a comment. Erick Ramos, union leader… Read More Here
FQM Trident scoops the Emergency Response Competition 7 Mining in Zambia Environment Social Governance (ESG) Mine Safety Safety & Health 

FQM Trident scoops the Emergency Response Competition

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FQM Trident Scoops the 6th Inter-mine Emergency Response Competition held at Lubambe Copper Mine on the 14th of November, 2022 The best of the best in the Mining Companies’ emergency response rescue teams put their skills to the test to demonstrate that the Mining sector is in safe hands. The Six-member team earned the overall title by winning two of the three surface events, which included High Angle Ropes manoeuvres, Vetter Bags Rescue, and Team Relay by scoring 240 points, followed by Lubambe Copper Mine who came with 212 points,… Read More Here
Kansanshi Mining Plc Hosts Eight mining companies for a Mine Rescue Training 8 Mining in Zambia Mine Safety Safety & Health 

Kansanshi Mining Plc Hosts Eight mining companies for a Mine Rescue Training

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Kansanshi Mining Plc on Friday 11th November 2022 hosted eight mining companies namely Konkola Copper Mines, Mopani, NFCA, Lubambe Copper Mines, Nkana, Mabiza, Mufulira, and Luanshya to a mine rescue training which aimed at improving mine rescue response at the mine pit has Kansanshi is in the process of putting up a team together for the underground decline project.All Mines Rescue Teams in Zambia are trained through the Zambian Chamber of Mines, and Training is conducted on a quarterly basis throughout the year (4 x per year). Training is conducted… Read More Here
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ZAMBIAN MINES CHALLENGED ON SAFETY

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Zambia’s Mines and Minerals Development Minister PAUL KABUSWE has challenged mining companies to improve their Occupational Safety and Health systems. Mr. KABUSWE says the desire of government is to see zero fatalities and growth in the mining industry to meet production targets of 3 million tons of Copper in a decade. In a speech read on his behalf by Acting Director Mines Safety Department MALFRED MOOLELA at the 6th National Conference on Occupational Health, Safety and Environment in Ndola Mr. KABUSWE said his Ministry is aware that several mining companies… Read More Here
Landslide in a gold quarry kills one and two injured in Ngalula (Fizi), South Kivu, DRC 9 Mining in DRC Artisanal mining Mine Safety 

Landslide in a gold quarry kills one and two injured in Ngalula (Fizi), South Kivu, DRC

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An artisanal miner was killed on Friday May 14 in a gold mining quarry in Ngalula village, in Ngandja sector (Fizi territory). According to local civil society, two other diggers were injured. “There was an accident in a gold quarry in a place called Bikuma. As soon as we were informed, we went to the place. Three people were stranded under the ground. We mobilized other diggers and we managed to save two who were injured and they were taken to the general referral hospital in Lulimba. Unfortunately, the other… Read More Here

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