Tunneling in South African platinum mines has traditionally been conducted using hand-held drilling and blasting methods, with tunnels being supported using tendons installed on at regular intervals.Rocks can and do fall out between the individual tendons,often with fatal results.To reduce levels of ...
Phoenix Platinum Project includes the production of platinum group metals (PGMs) from mines located in the Northwest province of South Africa. Modikwa Platinum Mine, South Africa The Modikwa platinum mine lies along the border between the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces, around 15km north-west o...
June 7). South African platinum miners are looking for major increases in their wages and have turned to the AMCU to deliver on these demands rather than the more conservative NUM, which is perceived to be more cooperative with management. In the meantime, the turmoil in the mines has led ...
‘Igneous’ means fire from below: the tumultuous history of the National Union of Mineworkers on the South African platinum mines‘Igneous’ means fire from below: the tumultuous history of the National Union of Mineworkers on the South African platinum minesplatinum mininginformal...
(2015). Accelerated mechanisation and the demise of a mass-based labour force? Platinum mines in South Africa. Review of African Political Economy: Vol. 42, White gold: new class and community struggles on the South African platinum belt, pp. 633-642. doi: 10.1080/03056244.2015.1087397...
mineral resources. South African mines are world leaders in the production of diamonds and gold as well as strategic metals such as platinum. The climate is mild, reportedly resembling the San Francisco bay area weather more than anywhere in the world" ("The History of Apartheid in South ...
A day after being re-elected as leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party on Tuesday, South African President, Jacob Zuma kicked off five days of discussions over the country's economy, including the possible introduction of a mining tax and greater state intervention in the ...
The video could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. South African mines need to adopt new mining methods Download Watch on YouTube 23rd February 2017 Font size: - + At this year’s Mining Indaba Chamber of Mines VP Neal ...
In 2006, roughly 55 different minerals were produced from more than 1,000 mines and quarries-of which 45 produce gold, 26 produce platinum-group minerals (PGMs), 64 produce coal and 202 produce diamonds, all as primary commodities. The discovery of diamonds in 1867 and gold in 1886 formed ...
” he said, claiming it to be the highest wage increase achieved by workers in South Africa. “The negotiations in the platinum belt have ushered in a paradigm shift in collective bargaining in the South African labour market.”