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Environmental authorisations and mining organisations
(North-West University, 2005)
Mining is essential to the human well-being in many aspects. Mining activities, however, contribute significantly to pollution and other environmental impacts in South Africa. Recently much more stringent environmental ...
The moderating effect of social support on the relation between role overload, job satisfaction and turnover intention
(North-West University, 2006)
Gold mining in South Africa has played a significant role in the economic development of the country over the past 120 years. The continued focus on productivity, recruitment and consolidation in the South African gold ...
Some physiological effects of deep underground mining and the relationship with physical work capacity and functional work capacity assessment outcomes
(North-West University, 2012)
Motivation: The South-African deep level gold mining industry has adapted in many ways, as the pursuit for gold has led deep into the earth core, where rock face temperatures measure around 60°C. Ventilation adapted through ...
Utilizing earthworm and microbial assays to assess the environmental effects of different mining activities
(North-West University, 2011)
Mining has negative impacts on the environment, and is one of the main contributors to environmental pollution. This holds a potential hazard for ecosystems surrounding mining areas and also for public health in the ...
Alignment of various environmental authorisation processes for the mining industry
(2012)
Mining contributes significantly to the economic development of South Africa,
contributes to pollution and other negative environmental impacts. Section 24 of the
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 ...
Framework and regulatory guidance to perform safety assesments for mining and mine remediation activities
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)
This study provided the opportunity to apply the source-receptor-pathway method of solving challenges. The source being the initiation point of the challenge; the pathway, being the routes towards the receptor; and the ...
Exposure of vehicle operators to vibration and noise at a Tanzanian opencast goldmine
(North-West University, 2009)
In this study the exposure of mining vehicle operators, on an opencast goldmine in Tanzania, to certain hazards specific to their occupation was assessed. The aim was to quantify these levels of exposure in order to estimate ...
An analysis of the South African income tax implications on mine rehabilitation funding vehicles
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
Mines can have significant consequences for humans and nature, and can affect anyone. The use of tax policy to encourage investment in natural resources is contentious as some taxpayers obtain a benefit not available to ...
Increasing overall equipment effectiveness of drilling machines by means of data driven dashboards
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)
The decline in revenues, within the South-African mining sector, over the last decade is troublesome, considering a significant level of employment it creates. This study aims to create a link between improved operations ...
Capitalising on professional Millennial employees: Exploratory study on a mining organisation's talent management strategies
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)
The Millennial generation are individuals born between 1982 and 2000 and are starting to dominate the workforce while most of the previous generations are retiring. Millennials are different in terms of their needs and ...