Given that health and safety remain a key consideration for all mining houses, SA Mining recently caught up with Minerals Council South Africa spokesperson Charmane Russell to unpack the initiatives aimed at improving health and reducing fatality rates at South African mines. Read More
In the face of escalating community unrest on the eastern limb of the platinum belt, the Minerals Council and the police plan to set up a joint operations centre in the region. Data suggests the area is in a state of worsening social turmoil amid sky-high unemployment and conflict over resource control. Read More
Though poverty and SA’s economic downturn are at the heart of much community unrest, industry players point, too, to more nefarious motives."It’s not just community unrest — some of this is just straight up criminal behaviour," says Assore CEO Charles Walters, in relation to relentless disruptions of the mining company’s Limpopo operations. Read More
As community unrest weighs on the bottom line of SA’s mining companies, communities themselves say they are being excluded from the benefits of their own resources. Read More
The Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP) on Tuesday unveiled the two new rock drill prototypes that are set to enhance drilling operations and reduce the exposure of operators to dangerous conditions. Read More
The core of any business is its people, and how those employees are treated is essential in achieving business objectives that go far beyond profits. Read More
Protest in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province were likely to remain a feature of the coal industry for the foreseeable future, said South32 COO, Mike Fraser. Read More
What was once a looming dark cloud has now become a full-blown storm as the climate emergency is very much here. With global citizens calling for the recognition of the climate crisis on the International Day of Peace (September 21), and world leaders convening at the UN’s Climate Action Summit two days later with plans to implement the Paris Agreement, it is encouraging to see the start of real action to lessen the emergency. Read More
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