Mine ventilation/cooling – striking the right balance
By Wynand Marx Wynand Marx, CEO at BBE Group, talks to emerging technologies for mine ventilation and cooling – and striking the right balance between energy efficiency and health and safety. […]
Designing conveyor retrofits for production and safety
Todd Swinderman, president emeritus, Martin Engineering, makes a case for designing safety into a system rather than merely training safety, showcasing innovations that drastically improve safety that can be retrofitted into almost any belt conveyor [...]
That time I blew up the plant – a story from the field
By Previn Pillay, founder of Pyromin Consulting Industrial leadership isn’t just strategy and metrics. It’s the moments when everything collapses, the stakes are human lives, and you realise the actual weight of your role. [...]
Fit for women
By Tanya Olckers, edited by Sharyn Macnamara Women’s needs are quite different from men’s – especially when it comes to workwear and PPE. […]
Autosobriety – safety beyond the mine gates
By Sharyn Macnamara What would you say if there was a 45-minute course your team could attend on site that would help to entrench auto sobriety and, by extension, help to reduce alcohol-related traffic fatalities [...]
Conveyor service contractors: cost, safety results come down to training
Supplied by Martin Engineering It is crucial for contractors to have ongoing training that ensures they use modern techniques, install the latest equipment and operate to workplace safety best practices, says Martin Engineering. [...]
Safety and inclusion go hand-in-hand locally (Part 3)
Compiled by Sharyn Macnamara #InspireInclusion was celebrated on International Women’s Day (IWD) locally this year, when ten inspirational women miners – nominated by their colleagues for the work they have done to make their workplace [...]
Coal safe 2024 – “safeguarding today while enabling a sustainable tomorrow” (part 2)
By Sharyn Macnamara Safety trends moving in the right direction, successful ESG programmes, celebrated awards for safety excellence and a focus on challenges for the year ahead were all the order of the day, under [...]