Aspasa
Infrastructure
Breaking down the legalities of blasting within 500 m of structures
“Limiting and measuring of blasting-related hazards is an interesting and complex field, which can fill an entire book."
Infrastructure
Good news for surface mining industry
The promise of a plethora of road construction projects are on the cards as part of Governments Covid-19 economic relief stimulus.
Health and safety
Fighting COVID-19 with facts and figures
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak ASPASA has launched an active communication campaign designed to convey news and finding about the disease.
Coal
Traffic management planning requirements for mining
Best practices in health and safety are not competitive advantages and should be shared cross the mining industry wherever it can lead to improvements.
Southern Africa
Illegal mining threatens formalised industry activities
Rampant illegal mining poses a considerable threat to the formal mining industry in terms of sustainability as well as posing innumerable risk to the wellbeing of surrounding communities, according to Aspasa director Nico Pienaar.
Coal
2020 a tough period for surface miners
With the failing of the South Africa's SOEs the surface mining industry should take heart that the industry still holds many opportunities.
Infrastructure
Small-scale surface miners faced with housing challenges
ASPASA has called for further engagement with the DMRE following the release of its draft review of living and housing conditions.
Environment
Borrow pits will kill the quarrying industry says ASPASA
ASPASA is lobbying government to urgently crack down on ill-conceived borrow pits that are jeopardising legitimate quarries.
Top Stories
10 safety initiatives to implement immediately
Surface mining association, Aspasa, believes that more needs to be done by all stakeholders within the industry if industry-wide “Zero Harm” targets are to be met by 2020.
Industrial Minerals
South Africa’s small quarries overregulated and unsustainable
Small quarrying operations throughout the country are carrying the back-breaking burden of supplying South Africa’s entire building and construction industry with up to 70%of...
