Mining industry insider Kevin Waldock calls for new rules: no voids, no dust

Mining industry insider Kevin Waldock calls for new rules: no voids, no dust

"We had better environmental protection in 1972 than we do today," says explosive expert Kevin Waldock, who has...

Should dust be an excluded pollutant in insurance policies?

In the UK there is legislation regarding exposure to risks to health and safety by third parties from the operations of a business. Legislation, like the South African Occupational Health and Safety Act, protects employees against exposure to substances hazardous to health. There have been a number of prosecutions in the UK recently for dust pollution. Some of the prosecutions relate to wood dust or silica dust. There have been claims in South A…