Ten years ago 104 miners plunged to their death when an underground locomotive carriage fell from the 1 700-m deep 56 level onto a cage laden with night shift miners. The tragedy, at Vaal Reefs number two shaft near Orkney, in the Free State, was arguably the worst to befall mining in South Africa and has
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Klerksdorp is situated in the Vaal Reefs area of the Witwatersrand Basin a gold rich part of South Africa, and the little framing town experienced massive growth on the back of the discovery of gold in the 1800's. The Klerksdorp Gold Rush began in 1886, but was soon over, thanks mostly to fighting in the Anglo-Boer War and
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Here is some history of the Witwatersrand Gold Style Ore Deposits as they related to South Africa since the arrival of the Dutch and the southernmost tip of the continent in 1652.
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It describes several preventive actions that have been put into practice at the 5B Area of No. 5 Shaft Vaal Reefs gold mine after issuing seismic warnings. These included additional safety pillars, changes in mining sequences and directions, and a review of the mining strategy for the entire 5B area.
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TIL of a disaster in the town of Vaal Reefs (South Africa), an undeground locomotive fell into an elevator shaft and struck a cage with 105 gold miners returning to the surface. The elevator plunged more than 2 km to the bottom of the shaft. It's marked as the deadliest elevator accident in history.
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Jun 25, 2012 · Around the Kanana / Orkney area, the only mining company then was known as Vaal Reefs Exploration & Mining Company. This company went on and opened five more shafts, as demand for more gold increased and the rate of people looking for employment also increased.
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104 Deaths due to a mining accident were reported at the Vaal Reefs Number Two Shaft near Orkney, North West, on 10 May 1995. An underground locomotive fell down a shaft and landed onto a cage loaded with night shift mine workers coming to surface. This was arguably one of the worst accidents in the mining industry in South Africa. As a result
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The De Hoek and Buffels East faults structurally bound the reef blocks of the Middle mine to the north west and south-east respectively and the northern boundary is a north-dipping Zuiping fault. Extensive drilling is taking place on the extremities of Middle mine targeting potential preserved blocks.
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Mar 02, 2018 · Moab Khotsong, AngloGold Ashanti's newest South African mine, is located in the Free State and has a single shaft system mining to a depth of 3,100 m. Given the geological complexity of the Vaal Reef, the mine's principal reef, scattered mining is employed.
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Case study from Vaal Reefs gold mine, South Africa, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2017) The answer or the idea was the Apparent Stress Index concept. At the time, the mine was
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The Obuasi Gold Mine is temporarily inactive. The operation has been under a care and maintenance program since December 2015, and all cyanide facilities were decommissioned in December 2016. Pursuant to Item IV.D. of ICMI's Signatory and Certification Process, Obuasi must submit to ICMI a complete certification
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Vaal Reefs is a town in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. The town is home to a large gold mining operation owned by AngloGold Ashanti, a company that was originally incorporated in 1944 under the name of
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Orkney is a large 7 shaft mine on a mining right that covers an area of 10,561.7 ha. It was originally owned by Anglo American, which later became AngloGold Ashanti Limited, and was art of their Vaal Reef Operations. African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) then purchased the mine from Anglo and in 2003 ARM merged with Harmony Gold.
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"Vaal Reefs" is a plant deposit site discovered in 1942 in South Africa Territory, South Africa. It is a large deposit, loed in the Klerksdorp Area Of Witwatersrand mining district and is considered to be of worldclass significance. 1
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the mines. The situation at Vaal Reefs is a reflection of the general state of affairs in South African mines. Since 1936 more than 23,000 Africans have died on the golctnines alone, and more than a million have been disabled. Even the reglmels Department of .Mines has adnitted that the rate of mine accidents is on the increase. If this is to be
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AngloGold, formerly Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Company Limited, was incorporated in South Africa in 1944. AngloGold Ashanti, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a global gold company with a portfolio of long-life, relatively low-cost assets and differing orebody types in key gold producing regions.
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Vaal Reefs in the region of North-West is a place in South Africa some 122 mi (or 196 km) South-West of Pretoria, the country's capital city. Interactive map of Vaal Reefs Current time in Vaal Reefs is now 0527 PM (Sunday) .
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104 miners died at Anglo American's Vaal Reefs mine when an underground locomotive carriage fell into a lift shaft, landing on the cage carrying the workers back to surface 1996 The Mine Health And Safety Act introduced to address the issue of worker safety
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JSE-listed AngloGold Ashanti has disposed of its various South African gold and uranium mining assets in the Vaal river region to Harmony Gold Mining for $300-million. The transaction comprised
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It was established around, and known primarily for, its gold mining opportunities, and lies on the banks of the Vaal River. Although a relatively quiet (albeit growing) town, Orkney is convenient for its location, just about 180 kilometres from the bustling urban hub of Johannesburg and its international airport.
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The small North West Province gold mining town of Orkney lies just north of the Free State border on the banks of the Vaal River, and just south of Klerksdorp. It is the location of the biggest gold mine in South Africa the Vaal Reef Gold Mine.
Get Price104 Deaths due to a mining accident were reported at the Vaal Reefs Number Two Shaft near Orkney, North West, on 10 May 1995. An underground locomotive fell down a shaft and landed onto a cage loaded with night shift mine workers coming to surface. This was arguably one of the worst accidents in the mining industry in South Africa. As a result of this mining disaster, legislation was reviewed and
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Jun 28, 2010 · Vaal Reefs is a township built around South Africa's biggest gold mine. Mention it to most people now and the only reason it rings a bell is because 104 people died there in am horrific mining
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Oppenheimer Stadium is a football stadium in Orkney, South Africa. Oppenheimer Stadium is situated 7 km west of Vaal Reefs Mine.
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On 31 August 1987, a methane gas explosion at the St Helena gold mine in Welkom caused a mine elevator to plunge 1.4km to the bottom of the mine shaft, claiming the lives of 62 people. These miners were being transported in a double-deck elevator to begin a morning shift at the mine's No 10 shaft.
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Stilfontein Mining Atlas- stilfontein gold mine,Stilfontein is a Gold Mine in South Africa owned by Anglogold Ashanti For more data on production, status, ownership, capex and other categories, see the data sectionStilfontein, Eastern Region Deal Direct, Pay LessStilfontein made headline news on the 9 March 2005 when it was hit by a .
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