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Aligning environmental and regulatory procedures with a holistic project management approach for residue deposits

Author: Snyman, BJ ; Brent, AC Date: 2006 To avoid the manifestation of undue risks and ensure the optimization of resource exploitation, owners of mines and practitioners of mine residue disposal must conduct disposal practices in accordance with fundamental safety and environmental ... Read more
Contributors to fatigue at a platinum smelter in South Africa

Author: Pelders, Jodi L ; Nelson, G Date: Mar 2019 Fatigue is a significant concern in the mining industry as it is a causal or contributing factor in many incidents and accidents. Fatigue can be caused by work- and non-work-related factors. There is a lack of information about associations ... Read more
Development of a risk-based mine closure cost calculation model

Author: Du Plessis, A ; Brent, AC Date: Jun 2006 The study summarised in this paper focused on expanding existing South African mine closure cost calculation models to provide a new model that incorporates risks, which could have an effect on the closure costs during the life cycle of the ... Read more
Health and safety of underground workforce of paramount importance to the SA mining industry

Author: Schreiber, WL Date: Nov 2008 Underground mines are divided into ventilating districts. This means that two or more workings use the same ventalation air to cool and provide workers with breathable air. Every year, a substantial number of Self-Contained Self-Rescuers ... Read more
Integrated open source mine workers compensation system

Author: Coetzee, L ; Alberts, R ; Patel, Hina M ; Cloete, L Date: Aug 2006 This article describes the Mine Workers Compensation System developed by the CSIR and Molepe Consulting for the South African Department of Health. Mining activities increase the risk of certain occupational lung diseases. South African ... Read more
Leading the next boom? competitive Eastern limb platinum supply

Author: McGill, JE Date: Jul 2010 Primary production of PGE globally is geographically restricted to South Africa—bushveld Complex (77%); Russia—Noril’sk and alluvial producers (13%); and collectively USA—Stillwater; Zimbabwe—Great Dyke; and Canada—Lac de Iles (10%). Seventy-seven ... Read more
Mine aftershocks and implications for seismic hazard assessment

Author: Kgarume, Thabang E Date: Nov 2010 A methodology of assessing the seismic hazard associated with aftershocks is developed by performing statistical and deterministic analysis of seismic data from two South African deep-level gold mines. A method employing stacking of aftershocks ... Read more
Noise-induced hearing loss milestones: Past and future

Author: Edwards, A ; Kritzinger, D Date: 2011 At the 2003 Mine Health and Safety Summit, the milestones for elimination of Noise-induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) in the mining industry were agreed on. The first milestone, December 2008, has passed and the next one in 2013 is looming. The study ... Read more
Range sections as rock models for intensity rock scene segmentation

Author: Mkwelo, Simpiwe ; De Jager, G ; Nicolls, F Date: Nov 2007 This paper presents another approach to segmenting a scene of rocks on a conveyor belt for the purposes of measuring rock size. Rock size estimation instruments are used to monitor, optimize and control milling and crushing in the mining ... Read more
The Status of silicosis in the world: Feedback on the ASTM Silica Symposium

Author: Pretorius, CJ Date: Jun 2013 The second ASTM Silica Symposium was held in Oct 2012 where speakers reported on the status of silicosis in their respective countries. Speakers reported on findings of research that they carried out on sampling equipment and analytical ... Read more
Workplace: Geo physics

Author: Kataka, M ; Khomo, I Date: Jan 2007 The mining indusrty has become one of the successful industries. Geophysics is a branch of Geology and it involves the study of rocks and minerals. The profession of Geology has become critical over the years to the economy of many countries. ... Read more

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