Snapshot

HOW MINING CONTRIBUTES TO SOUTH AFRICA

Mining Contribution Summary [chart]

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HOW WE CREATE VALUE

We create value by acting as the principal advocate for the South African mining industry on behalf of our members, our primary stakeholder.

We strive to reposition the industry to unlock its potential further and to optimise its contribution to the South African economy. Much of the value we create is indirect and cannot be measured strictly in financial terms.

What we do

IDENTIFY

Identify and understand main issues of concern to members and other stakeholders
Examine policy issues and matters of mutual concern

COLLABORATE

Engage and partner with stakeholders to address concerns identified and devise strategies to address them effectively
Promote consultation and collaboration, and facilitate interaction among members and stakeholders

COMMUNICATE

Promote understanding of our industry and its contribution to the South African economy
Advocating on behalf of the industry to ensure an enabling policy, legislative, regulatory and operating environment

GUIDE

Guide industry in terms of leading practice in areas of safety, transformation, industrial relations, skills development, occupational health and environmental management

Letter from the president

Our response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been our top priority [banner]

Mxolisi Mgojo
President – Minerals Council South Africa

Assessment

Any assessment of the mining industry’s activities in 2020 has to start with an assessment of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are no different from the rest of the world insofar as it has had to be our main focus and our top priority. Download

CEO's review

Our testing rates are 75% higher than the national average[banner]

Roger Baxter
CEO – Minerals Council

CHALLENGING

The mining industry’s risk-based approach to business meant that it was prepared to handle the pandemic on a global level, and especially in South Africa. Download

Strategic goal

01

Play a leadership role in pressing the reboot button for the mining industry

Strategic goal

02

Create an enabling policy, legislative, regulatory, and operating environment for a successful mining industry

Strategic goal

03

Minerals Council and members to implement a positive contribution model (including to the NDP)

Strategic goal

04

Lead by example. Demonstrate progress on transformation, safety, social, and environmental imperatives (including through sharing leading practice)

Strategic goal

05

Continually improve effectiveness and performance

SAFETY AND HEALTH INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE REVIEW

As of the time of publication, the DMRE had not officially released the 2020 occupational health and safety statistics. The 2020 industry safety performance statistics in this report are therefore provisional.

Up to 14 December 2020, there were 58 fatalities reported compared to 51 fatalities at the end of 2019. This marks a provisional increase of 12% in the number of fatalities year-on-year. While it is not possible to calculate the fatality rates until the safety data is finalised, it is estimated to be worse than 2019 as there were significantly less people at work in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions. The impact that the pandemic may have had on safety performance will be examined in detail in 2021. Download

Minerals Council’s members

have committed to adopt continuous real time monitoring systems.

INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO COVID-19

By the time the WHO had declared COVID-19 a global pandemic in March 2020, the Minerals Council and the CEOs of member companies were already alert to this threat and were adopting a risk-based approach in response.

10-point plan

Standard Operating Procedure

Recovery from the lockdown

Protection of vulnerable employees

Collating and using information

Increasing testing

Leadership

Fundamental research

Coordinated, phased return of foreign mineworkers

Support for government-led vaccination initiative

Collaboration

Overcoming vaccine hesitancy