The Mine Rescue Association of Zimbabwe (MRAZ) is currently reconstructing its National Workload Training Centre at Gaths Mine in Mashava to ensure mine rescue brigades are physically fit to carry out rescue missions. Rudairo Mapuranga Speaking to Mining Zimbabwe, MRAZ
The Mine Rescue Association of Zimbabwe (MRAZ) is geared to reduce Lost Time Injuries (LTI) and fatalities through continuously educating miners to report all safety risks in mining areas including near misses, MRAZ’s immediate Past President Vavarirai Mahwire said. Mahwire
Zimbabwe recorded a total of 185 fatalities last year from 170 recorded mine accidents with an average of 83 per cent of the accidents occurring at small-scale and artisanal (ASM) run mines, a government official said. Rudairo Mapuranga Official figures
Mimosa Mining Company and Caledonia’s Blanket Mine dominated this year’s Mine Rescue Association of Zimbabwe (MRAZ) national competitions with the teams scooping the best team of the tournament for Proto teams and Freshair teams respectively. Rudairo Mapuranga In the FreshAir
The level of fitness for the Proto teams which participated at the Mine Rescue Association of Zimbabwe Westzone Quarterly training exercise held at Metallon Corporation Zimbabwe’s Bulawayo Mining Company (How Mine) recently excited judges, however, the judges pointed out a
As part of its strategy to reduce fatalities, Kuvimba Mining House (KMH) owned Gold mine, Jena Mines, lost time due to injuries and casualties which has led to the mine assembling a fresh air team which will be commissioned soon,
While there is a lot of improvement in terms of innovation and technology to reduce accidents in mines and remarkable progress in safety measures, mine rescue teams remain of paramount importance because accidents cannot be completely avoided. Rudairo Mapuranga Speaking
Dr Alfred Chinyere has been appointed incoming President of the Mine Rescue Association of Zimbabwe (MRAZ) at the organisation’s ongoing Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Zvishavane. Chinyere replaces outgoing President Eng Elton Gwatidzo of Caledonia Mining Corporation. The following were
Deputy Chief Government Mining Engineer Tapererwa Paswavaviri has expressed grave concern over the rising number of accidents and fatalities plaguing the mining sector. Kelvin Sungiso Drawing attention to the alarming statistics at the Mine Rescue Association of Zimbabwe (MRAZ) Annual
Midlands Province and Matabeleland South Province have emerged as the regions with the highest number of accidents and fatalities in 2023. Together, they accounted for 40.5% of the total fatalities and 41.5% of the accidents reported nationwide. This data highlights