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Welkom officially came into being on 15 April 1947, six years after the first mining lease in the area was awarded to the St Helena Gold Mining Company, and was proclaimed a town on 23 July 1948. On 14 February 1968, after 21 years of existence, Welkom received city status, and celebrated this event with the opening of the Civic Centre by Mrs ...
The mining sector in the Free State contributed 37.4% of the provinces GDP in 1981, making it the largest contributor at the time. By 1991, this dropped to 20.6%, and by 2001 it dropped further still to 14.3%.
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reported late on 22 June 2023 that the miners had died in a mining shaft at the abandoned Virginia mine in Welkom, Free State. [7] [8] [6] [9] The miners, believed to be foreign nationals from Lesotho who were there mining illegally, may have died on or around 18 May 2023. [10] [3] [9]
Tshepong is located in the Free State Province, near Welkom, about 248 kilometres from Johannesburg. Mining is conducted at a depth of 2 349 meters. The mine uses conventional undercut mining in the Basal Reef while the B Reef is exploited as a high grade secondary reef. Ore mined is processed at the Harmony One plant. [4]
A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine in Welkom severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 km (0.9 mi) to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion. The two Vaal Reefs mine disasters and the St Helena mine disaster ...
Concor Holdings (Proprietary) Limited. is a South African construction and mining services company. It is active throughout Southern Africa, involved in civil engineering, buildings, roads and mining projects. Concor returned as an independent brand in late 2016.