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Lincoln Lubrication SA cements deal to install automated fire suppression systems at Nigerian cement plant

Mining_EditorMarch 10, 2021

by Mining_EditorMarch 10, 202102596

SKF Group Company, Lincoln Lubrication South Africa’s Africa Export division recently received approval from a leading cement producer in Africa to supply, install and commission...

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17 miners survive gas suffocation in southern Zambia

Mining_EditorNovember 4, 2020

by Mining_EditorNovember 4, 202001724

Seventeen miners at a coal mine in southern Zambia survived gas suffocation while working underground, a mining official said on Tuesday. The accident happened in...

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DR Congo ministers call for eased lockdown for miners

Mining_EditorJune 22, 2020

by Mining_EditorJune 22, 202001141

DR Congo’s mines ministry has proposed lifting lockdowns at mining operations after workers went on strike to protest compulsory on-site confinements during the coronavirus outbreak....

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Kalumbila Minerals Hands Over Health Posts To Govt

Mining_EditorJune 22, 2020

by Mining_EditorJune 22, 202001326

Kalumbila Minerals Limited (KML), a subsidiary of mining giant First Quantum Minerals (FQM), has handed over three new health posts in Kalumbila district to the...

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Screening apps and 41-day vacations: Keeping miners covid-free

Mining_EditorJune 22, 2020

by Mining_EditorJune 22, 202001123

With hundreds of people living and working in close proximity, mines – and the camps that house their workers – seemed like fertile territory for...

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Ethiopian Gold Mine Leaves Deadly Toxic Waste Trail in Prime Minister’s Home Town

Mining_EditorJune 16, 2020June 16, 2020

by Mining_EditorJune 16, 2020June 16, 202001304

A gold mine in Ethiopia’s most populous and restive region, Oromia, has been anything but a blessing. Residents claim that contamination from the mine, owned...

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The mining industry is becoming SA’s new Covid-19 epicentre

Mining_EditorJune 8, 2020

by Mining_EditorJune 8, 202002166

About half of the total Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the North West, which has almost tripled its numbers in just a week, are in the...

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Mining Firm Sets Up Handwashing Units To Keep Covid-19 At Bay

Mining_EditorMay 16, 2020

by Mining_EditorMay 16, 202001351

The Kwale-based Australian Mining firm, Base Titanium has intensified setting up of handwashing units in high traffic zones across the coastal county to curb the...

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Mobile COVID-19 testing kits for mining operations

Mining_EditorMay 16, 2020

by Mining_EditorMay 16, 20200835

As South Africa’s mining sector slowly reboots production following one of the strictest COVID-19 lockdowns in the world, mining companies have been tasked with taking...

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