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Booyco Mining safety Innovation Mining technology 

BOOYCO CONTINUES TECHNOLOGY DRIVE DESPITE COVID-19

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While the Covid-19 lockdown has forced many companies serving the mining sector to downscale, Booyco Electronics is continuing to apply and develop its technologies for safer, more productive mining operations.  With its nationwide team of some 180 field technicians serving opencast and underground mines – by far the largest footprint among players in this field – the proximity detection specialist has remained hard at work. While supporting those coal mines that worked through Level 5 and Level 4, the company has also been assisting customers to ramp up to full… Read More Here
Tailings Mining safety 

UNEP launches new global industry standard for safe tailings management

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 The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has just issued, on Wednesday August 5, 2020, the first standard on the safe management of tailings in the mining sector applicable to all existing and future installations, regardless of their location and of their operator, reports un.org.    This standard was developed through an independent review process (Global Tailings Review (GTR), following the tragic collapse of the Brumadinho tailings facility in Brazil, which resulted in the deaths of at least 250 people in January 2019.  “The global industrial standard on tailings management is… Read More Here
Nchanga-Cave in Mining in Zambia Mining safety 

KCM’s Nchanga cave-in section collapses without any injuries | Zambia

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Zambian mining firm Konkola Copper Mines, a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Resources, has confirmed the expected cave-in at its Nchanga openpit mine has occurred without any injuries. In a media statement, the company said 3 million tonnes of material over 370 metres around the epicenter of the failure zone had collapsed, as had been predicted using the firm’s slope montoring systems.  The collapse at the mine, which is the second-largest opencast mine in the world, occurred without any threats to the safety of employees or people in communities near the mine area, said KCM.  The… Read More Here
Mining Firms Directed to Release Confined Workers-Congo 1 Covid-19 Mining in DRC Mining safety 

Mining Firms Directed to Release Confined Workers-Congo

Copperbelt Katanga News
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has given all copper and cobalt companies a month to release confined workers by ending these practices  In an open letter, Labour Minister Nene Ilunga Nkula was quoted as saying that the spread of Covid-19 could be slowed down if the practice of restricting workers to the site ended. In addition to dismissing workers, companies must provide health care, housing, and healthy nutrition to locked-in workers and their families. The letter published on Twitter states that: “All mining companies that have restricted workers… Read More Here
Glencore Copper Covid-19 Mining in DRC Mining safety 

Glencore-Mutanda Mining’s Response to NGO letter to industrial operators in DRC regarding COVID-19

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As a responsible operator, Glencore’s top priority is to protect the safety and health of our employees and the communities that host our businesses. Our teams in the DRC work closely with local government, unions, the provincial health agency and other key stakeholders to provide effective local solutions to COVID-19. This includes temperature controls, PPE (Individual Protection Equipment), disinfectants and hand washing stations, social distance. To date, our operations in the DRC have donated more than $1 million in medical equipment to Lualaba health authorities and are committed to providing… Read More Here
Nchanga KCM Open Pit Copper Mining in Zambia Mining safety 

Zambia’s KCM warns part of Nchanga openpit mine about to collapse

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Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a unit of diversified miner Vedanta Resources, has closed part of its openpit mine as a portion of the pit is about to collapse, the chief executive officer said late on Thursday. KCM predicted that part of the Nchanga Open Pit in Chingola in Zambia’s Copperbelt area will cave in “anytime” in the next five days after geotechnical assessments detected some slope instability. The slough – or caving in of the ground – manifested so far through tension cracks opening up is likely to stretch… Read More Here
ICMM paves the way for responsible mining practice 3 Mining safety International 

ICMM paves the way for responsible mining practice

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The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and its 27 mining and metals member companies proactively use mining as a catalyst for change by improving the lives of people in mining host communities. Now, during this unprecedented global crisis, the ICMM and its members are supporting local response efforts, working with community members and organisations in often remote locations to identify and help meet specific needs, Dr NICKY BLACK, director of the Social and Economic Development Programme tells CHANTELLE KOTZE. Led by Black, the ICMM’s social and economic development programme aims… Read More Here
Two killed in Liberia gold mine collapse 4 Mining safety 

Two killed in Liberia gold mine collapse

Copperbelt Katanga News
Two people died when an informal gold mine in western Liberia collapsed early Tuesday, the National Disaster Management Agency said. The collapse occurred at a mining center in Grand Cape Mount County, Deputy Minister of Mines Emmanuel Swen and other government officials said. “Fourteen people, ages 20 to 28, visited a mine overnight to illegally dig gravel believed to contain gold. Four of them were trapped, leaving two dead and two injured,” said Archievego Doe , a spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency. Edwin Koha, the mayor of the… Read More Here
IoT International Mining safety Mining technology 

Improving the safety of miners with IoT

Copperbelt Katanga News
South Africa’s mining deaths have reduced considerably over the past several years. In 2016, the industry recorded only 73 fatalities. Even though that is still 73 too many deaths, it’s the lowest rate since records began and reflect ongoing efforts to improve the health and safety in mining environments. Injury rates are also falling fast. These figures are well ahead of China, where coal mining alone resulted in over 200 fatalities in 2019. But, in contrast, countries such as Canada and Australia have much lower fatality numbers. These are the… Read More Here

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