health risks in gold mining in south africa

Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils from ...

The study evaluates the health risk caused by heavy metals to the inhabitants of a gold mining area. In this study, 56 soil samples from five mine tailings and 17 from two mine villages were collected and analyzed for Asernic (As), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Cobalt (Co), Nickel (Ni), Copper (Cu) and Zinc (Zn) using ICP-MS. Measured concentrations

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Ecological and human health risks associated with ...

2017-2-21 · Gold mining is a major source of metal and metalloid emissions into the environment. Studies were carried out in Krugersdorp, South Africa, to evaluate the ecological and human health risks associated with exposure to metals and metalloids in mine tailings contaminated soils. Concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), lead

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Mining Health and Safety in South Africa | The African ...

Mining health and safety in South Africa is governed by Act 29 of the 1996 Mine Health and Safety Act. The base premise of the act is: • To ensure owner responsibility for health and safety through creation of codes of practise, training, identifying potentially hazardous factors, investigating said factors, employing hygienists for the ...

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Health and safety - Minerals Council South Africa

2022-2-7 · The primary health challenges vary from sector to sector. Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a health risk in almost all areas of mining as it is in all forms of industry. Occupational lung disease, particularly silicosis, is a major issue in the gold and coal sectors. All these are classified as compensable occupational health illnesses.

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Health risks of gold miners: a synoptic review

These problems are briefly documented in gold miners from Australia, North America, South America, and Africa. In general, HIV infection or excessive alcohol and tobacco consumption tended to exacerbate existing health problems. Miners who used elemental mercury to amalgamate and extract gold were heavily contaminated with mercury.

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The top risks facing the South African mining industry

2017-11-21 · Identification of risks and the management thereof is an important role of management in a company. On a yearly basis listed companies use their integrated report to communicate to stakeholders the risks they have identified to the business and the management thereof.. According to to industry-focused assurance, advisory and tax services provider PwC

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Health Risks of Gold Miners: A Synoptic Review |

Health problems of gold miners who worked underground include decreased life expectancy; increased frequency of cancer of the trachea, bronchus, lung, stomach, and liver; increased frequency of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), silicosis, and pleural diseases; increased frequency of insect-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever; noise-induced hearing loss;

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Effects Of Mining on the Environment and Human Health

2022-2-9 · Dear Readers, please refer to this latest article regarding the serious effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the environment and human lives in South Africa. This Harvard report was just recently released in October, 2016 and is extremely in depth on the issues of the serious effects of mining on the environment and human health.

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Mining health and safety: 7 common risks to protect ...

2020-3-6 · The mining industry has a reputation for being a risky business, with health risks that are varied and often quite serious, and it is important for miners to protect themselves accordingly.. Nevertheless, mining doesn’t have to be unsafe. With the introduction of strict safety legislation and protocol, as well as advances in safety equipment, the industry has seen its

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Risks and Opportunities for Mining - assets.kpmg

2022-1-24 · Gold Corporation’s merger with Randgold, an Africa-focused gold mining company, in a share-for-share deal valued at US$6.5 billion.6 The deal closed in January 2019 and set Barrick up to be the industry-leading gold company until Newmont announced its proposed US$10 billion acquisition of Goldcorp. The market’s reaction to these mergers and

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Ecological and human health risks associated with ...

2017-2-21 · Gold mining is a major source of metal and metalloid emissions into the environment. Studies were carried out in Krugersdorp, South Africa, to evaluate the ecological and human health risks associated with exposure to metals and metalloids in mine tailings contaminated soils. Concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), lead

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Health and safety - Minerals Council South Africa

2022-2-7 · The primary health challenges vary from sector to sector. Noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a health risk in almost all areas of mining as it is in all forms of industry. Occupational lung disease, particularly silicosis, is a major issue in the gold and coal sectors. All these are classified as compensable occupational health illnesses.

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Potential human risk of dissolved heavy metals in gold ...

This paper evaluates the potential health risks from dissolved heavy metals in water sources around a gold mining area in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. In this study, 29 samples of water were collected around a gold mining area and were analyzed for Arsenic (As), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Cobalt (Co) and Nickel

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Effects Of Mining on the Environment and Human Health

2022-2-9 · Dear Readers, please refer to this latest article regarding the serious effects of Acid Mine Drainage on the environment and human lives in South Africa. This Harvard report was just recently released in October, 2016 and is extremely in depth on the issues of the serious effects of mining on the environment and human health.

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Occupational respiratory diseases in the South African ...

2013-1-24 · As the South African mining industry shrinks, health services in labour-sending areas are becoming even more overstretched by returning migrants. Even though policies to address these and other issues might be in place, the translation into action is fraught with obstacles. This is discussed in depth in a recent paper by Murray et al. .

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Mining health and safety: 7 common risks to protect ...

2020-3-6 · The mining industry has a reputation for being a risky business, with health risks that are varied and often quite serious, and it is important for miners to protect themselves accordingly.. Nevertheless, mining doesn’t have to be unsafe. With the introduction of strict safety legislation and protocol, as well as advances in safety equipment, the industry has seen its

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Mining in South Africa: The Challenges and Opportunities

2018-5-23 · Mining in South Africa: the challenges and the opportunities 2 September 2016 18 • Non-gold mining sector can grow at 3-5% pa, resulting in more balanced country growth rate (double size of non-gold mining by 2028). • If mining had grown at same pace as rest of economy between 1994 and 2013, country’s growth rate would have been 4% (not 3.2%)

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Mining is bad for health: a voyage of discovery | SpringerLink

2019-7-9 · Mining continues to be a dangerous activity, whether large-scale industrial mining or small-scale artisanal mining. Not only are there accidents, but exposure to dust and toxins, along with stress from the working environment or managerial pressures, give rise to a range of diseases that affect miners. I look at mining and health from various personal perspectives:

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Violence adds to uncertainty for South African mining ...

2021-8-16 · South African mining is proving vulnerable to global competition for finance and skills, with restricted foreign direct investment into greenfield projects and marginal deposits – and it faces political risks such as an unpredictable

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The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR)

2016-2-19 · Platinum and gold were among the largest sectors of South Africa's mining industry in terms of employment, investment and revenue generation. The strategic goals for the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) are to: • promote and facilitate an increase in mining activity and in value added to mineral resources extracted in South Africa

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Potential human risk of dissolved heavy metals in gold ...

This paper evaluates the potential health risks from dissolved heavy metals in water sources around a gold mining area in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. In this study, 29 samples of water were collected around a gold mining area and were analyzed for Arsenic (As), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Chromium (Cr), Copper (Cu), Zinc (Zn), Cobalt (Co) and Nickel

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Factors that favour and hinder gold mining in

2022-2-6 · FACTORS HINDERING GOLD MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA. Depth and temperature. South Africa's gold sector is a world leader in deep-level gold mining. Deep-level underground mining, however, brings with it risks and

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Mine Accidents and Disasters | Department of Mineral

South Africa is known for its diverse wealth of minerals, but even better known for a very well-regulated mining industry. The Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate continuously enforce legislation and national mining standards to reduce mining deaths and occupational injuries. Between 1984 and 2005, more than 11 000 mine workers died in South ...

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Gold mining industry's effects on health of mineworkers

2013-8-2 · Health and safety company Boletshe Trading Enterprise, a 100% black-owned outfit, states that the gold mining industry may cause health hazards for mineworkers and its surrounding communities, as ...

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Minerals and Mining Policy of South Africa: Green Paper ...

2022-2-8 · Apart from gold mining, there are many other minerals being produced, for some of which South Africa is the leading producer and holder of reserves. The Green Paper also has a chapter on small-scale mining which is intended to encourage the small and medium sized operator, to the benefit of employment and the overall economy.

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Mining Law 2022 | Laws and Regulations | South Africa | ICLG

2021-9-13 · The mining industry in South Africa is administered by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE). There is also a Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate which falls under the DMRE. 1.3 Describe any other sources of law affecting the mining industry. The South African mining industry is predominantly regulated by the MPRDA.

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Violence adds to uncertainty for South African

2021-8-16 · South African mining is proving vulnerable to global competition for finance and skills, with restricted foreign direct investment into greenfield projects and marginal deposits – and it faces political risks such as an unpredictable

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Developing Health and Safety in Mines -

2017-4-18 · Developing Health and Safety in Mines. The phrase “Zero Harm” is a widely used strapline throughout the mining industry as we try to combat having reached, statistically at least, a safety ...

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The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR)

2016-2-19 · Platinum and gold were among the largest sectors of South Africa's mining industry in terms of employment, investment and revenue generation. The strategic goals for the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) are to: • promote and facilitate an increase in mining activity and in value added to mineral resources extracted in South Africa

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Risks and Opportunities for Mining - KPMG Global

2022-2-8 · Key findings Top risks for mining Explore more Connect with us When mining executives from across the globe responded to 2020’s Global Outlook Survey Report , no one had heard of COVID-19. At the time a global

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