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Mercury exposure in a low-income community in South Africa

Author: Oosthuizen, MA ; John, J ; Somerset, V Date: 2010 The objective of this study is to establish whether a specific community in a gold mining area, with potentially associated small-scale gold mining activities, was exposed to mercury. The community was situated in Mpumalanga, where some ... Read more
New technology for improving entry examination, thereby managing the rockfall risk in South African gold and platinum mines

Author: Vogt, D ; Brink, VZ ; Brink, S ; Price, M ; Kagezi, B Date: 01 Sep 2010 Rockfalls are responsible for more than 30 percent of the fatalities on South African gold and platinum mines, with associated costs and lost productivity. One of the most important activities in the mitigation of rockfalls is the entry ... Read more
Radio Underground: a collaboration of diverse skills. The challenge of introducing wireless communications to the mines of South Africa

Author: Austin, BA Date: 2013 This report forms a summary of the work done by the Chamber of Mines Research Organization before it merged with the CSIR. It deals with gold mining in South Africa, and contains a summary of the work that was done on underground radio. Read more
Recommendations related to the most appropriate techniques for training and education of workers in the Gold and Platinum industries.

Author: Venter, AN Date: Apr 2000 The training landscape in South Africa is undergoing veritable metamorphoses as this report is compiled. The Skills Development Bill and its subsequent influence on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and the founding of the Mine ... Read more
Reliable cost effective technique for in situ ground stress measurements in deep gold mines.

Author: Stacey, TR Date: Jul 1995 Knowledge of the in situ state of stress in a rock mass is essential for the proper planning and design of mine layouts to optimise stability and safety of mining operations. The in situ state of stress in a rock mass can be determined by ... Read more
Respiratory health effects of exposure to crystalline silica epidemiology.

Author: Hnzido, E ; Murray, J ; Davison, A Date: Jan 1999 The present report describes two additional studies of exposure-response relationship between respiratory disease and silica dust in gold mines. Section 3 describes a study of pulmonary tuberculosis in relation to silica dust, and section 4 ... Read more
Seismology for rockburst prediction.

Author: De Beer, W Date: Feb 2000 This final report on the SIMRAC project GAP409 presents a method (SOOTHSAY) for predicting larger mining induced seismic events in gold mines, as well as a pattern recognition algorithm (INDICATOR) for characterising the seismic response of ... Read more

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