Chinese companies slated for mercury pollution in Cameroon
Civil society groups have raised the alarm over pollution of rivers in eastern and northern Cameroon by gold mining companies. The Centre for Environment and...
Category : Health and Safety
Sierra Leone: Environment – Impacts of Illegal Mining Activities: Threat to Water Security, Human Health, and Potential National Public Health Emergency
The availability of abundant natural resources in a country is considered to be a blessing by many because of the potential to change the destiny...
South Africa: Abandoned Coal Mines Pose Deadly Risk
Hundreds of South Africa’s abandoned coal mines pose a deadly risk to local communities and threaten to pollute the water of millions of South Africans...
Momentum behind collision prevention on mines
While Proximity Detection Systems (PDSs) have been around for little more than 15 years, the offerings on the market today are streets ahead of what...
Sudan’s gold rush wreaks havoc on health
Sudanese mother Awadya Ahmed has long wondered why her youngest child Talab was born blind and unable to walk; now she suspects the piles of...
Gov’t determined to stop pollution of water bodies – Mireku Duker
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has reiterated the Government’s commitment to stop the pollution of water bodies by activities of illegal miners in...
Man dies during stone mining in Karachuonyo, Homa Bay
A 35-year-old miner was killed in a quarry at Siburi village in the Karachuonyo constituency, Homa Bay county. Joseph Otieno died on Friday evening when...
Mine health, safety officers update knowledge
Over 40 health and safety officers from various mining firms have began a five -day training programme to enhance and update their knowledge on modernFirst...
Work suspended at Botswana’s Khoemacau copper mine after accident kills two
Operations have been suspended at Khoemacau Zone 5 copper and silver mine in Botswana after an underground accident killed two people on Friday, the company...
Rwanda: Childcare Services Shine a Ray of Hope on Mining Sector
“Childcare is one less thing to worry about when I am inside that tunnel,” says 39-year-old Thacienne Nakabonye, pointing at the marked entrance of a...