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The Penge Asbestos Mine is located in the province of Limpopo, South Africa. It is known for its tabular-shaped ore body, which stretches over a distance of approximately 3,000 meters …
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However, the use of asbestos has been linked to serious health problems, including lung cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis. As a result, many countries, including South Africa, have banned the use of asbestos. …
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The mining of asbestos in South Africa came to an end in 2002 and the current asbestos regulations prohibit the mining transport, use and manufacture of asbestos products. …
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There are ~6000 derelict mines throughout South Africa, which pose significant health and environmental concerns [1]. Of these, 249 are abandoned asbestos mines of which …
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The cessation of asbestos mining and use in South Africa has drastically reduced occupational exposures, but widespread contamination of the environment, from decades of …
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Rich deposits of 3 commercial asbestiform minerals make South Africa unique, and this country produced most of the world's supply of crocidolite (blue) and amosite (brown) asbestos and a …
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The Koegas mine, located in the Northern Cape of South Africa, part of the Asbestos Mountains, contained crocidolite or blue asbestos. While operations of the Koegas …
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Using the experiences of the asbestos mine rehabilitation programme, the aim of this paper is to present the challenges and strategies employed to rehabilitate abandoned mines in South Africa ...
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The Penge Asbestos Mine is located in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Situated in a region known for its rich mineral resources, the mine is specifically focused on the extraction of …
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Asbestos has been produced in South Africa since the 1930's, and up until 1981, the operations ranged from large-scale foreign-owned mine and plant establishments to pick …
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South Africa has possibly the highest incidence of malignant mesothelioma anywhere, thanks to more than a century of mining asbestos in the Northern Cape, North- West, Limpopo and …
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The global ban on asbestos mining since the 1990's, however, has left a plethora of derelict mining and processing sites in the major asbestos fields of South Africa. Coupled with …
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The legacy of asbestos mining in South Africa is substantial, with many thousands of victims, government and corporate failure to rehabilitate affected areas, and the problem …
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The Pomfret Asbestos Mine is located in the North West province of South Africa. It operates as an underground mine, focusing on the extraction of crocidolite, which serves as the main ore …
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Asbestos Deposits in South Africa 5 Location of main asbestos fields in South Africa Source: (Wilson & Anhaeusser, 1998) Asbestos prospecting began on isolated farms in the Northern …
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Asbestos minerals are divided into two major groups: Serpentine asbestos and amphibole asbestos. Serpentine asbestos includes the mineral chrysotile, which has long, curly fibres that …
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The company had several asbestos mines in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Nellie Kershaw, who passed away from exposure at the age of 33, worked as a spinner at Turner …
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The three important varieties of asbestos are found in this area. Chrysotile is economically available in large quantities. Crocidolite or Blue asbestos was discovered in approximately …
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2.1 Mining Industry Asbestos mining in South Africa started in the late 19th and early 20th century, mainly in mines in the Northern Cape Province (crocidolite), Northern Province (amosite) and …
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Africa 's asbestos mining and production for more than 100 years are the causes of mesothelioma. Doctors around the worldsaw high rates of lung disease in workers exposed to asbestos in the early 1900s. Christopher Wagner, a South African pathologist, discovered a definitive link between the exposure …
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The main mining operations in South Africa are then descriptionbed, and this is followed by a discussion of the health hazards associated with asbestos and the ways in which they are …
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South Africa and Mozambique are two examples of countries in the African Region who have successfully prohibited the use, processing, and manufacturing of asbestos and …
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Tracing the history of asbestos mining in South Africa from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, McCulloch disputes testimony by asbestos companies that they were unaware of the …
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The South African government remains underway with a major programme to close and rehabilitate some 660 abandoned asbestos mines and shafts in various regions around …
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The Trust was the first of its kind in South Africa. It remains an international benchmark for occupational health trusts globally. Since inception, the Trust has paid R416 970 823 to 4 700 …
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South African asbestos mining officially ended in 2008. Regulations passed in March of that year prohibited the use, manufacture and processing of asbestos in the country. …
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The asbestos mining region, which stretched for hundreds of kilometres across South Africa, is still littered with exposed asbestos. Alongside the old mines, asbestos was …
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Asbestos Mines of South Africa Ltd. (Amosa) first mined it at the turn of the last century. It occurs mainly in the area of Penge and has been mined there for the past 80 years, …
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Asbestos has left its death verdict on miners, workers and mining communities in South Africa – without any 'miracle' to date to cure the related illnesses of this mineral. Even in the 1960s, …
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Legislation in South Africa banning the use of all types of asbestos came into effect in 2008, well after the last asbestos mine ceased production in 2001 and closed in 2002.
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The Msauli Asbestos Mine, located in Mpumalanga, South Africa, was first discovered in 1880. This mining operation utilizes both surface and underground methods. Production began in …
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There are three types of asbestos minerals found in South Africa: amosite, chrysotile and crocidolite. Amosite asbestos took its name from South Africa. Amosite, or brown asbestos, is …
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Extraction of the deadly mineral in Mafefe ceased almost 50 years ago – but it's still everywhere, and people are dying. Brothers Amon and Diliza Sibiya have never worked on an asbestos mine...
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Blue asbestos (crocidolite) was first discovered in South Africa in 1805. It was originally named "Woolstone". All commercial asbestos fibres were mined in South Africa. …
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