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South Africa’s mining industry must acknowledge past deeds of inhumanity and immorality before it could shape a future in which it overcame the hostile relationship between it, labour, and the government. Read More

In a speech acknowledging the historical damage done by the mining industry to South African society, Chamber of Mines vice-president and Sibanye Gold CEO Neal Froneman outlined a plan to forge a new relationship to build a sustainable environment for mining. Read More

Mine Rescue Services South Africa (MRS) plans to become the “911” of underground incidents in the country’s mining industry. Read More

Illegal mining at abandoned and closed mines was “spiralling out of control”, with increasing numbers of injuries and deaths seen at mines across all commodities produced in SA, said Christo de Klerk, CEO of Mines Rescue Services (MRS). Read More

A surge in the number of mine rescues and recoveries at abandoned and disused operations is an indication that the illegal mining scourge is starting to spiral out of control, and the recorded incidents are just the tip of the iceberg. Read More

Chamber of Mines has shared information about their medical rescue operations and how they deal with illegal mining. Read More

We need to know how it happened to prevent another catastrophe. On 16 September 1986, there was a massive underground collapse at the Kinross coal mine, which resulted in the death of 177 workers. Their bodies were never recovered. Read More

The South African Chamber of Mines says that all stakeholders have a responsibility to contribute towards the development of the people of South Africa. Read More

We are living in interesting times, and nowhere is it more true than in the local mining industry. Facing external challenges - such as the commodities downturn - as well as internal ones - namely the continuing uncertain regulatory environment - it is the underlying ability of the industry to deal with these challenges that will determine whether it will have a future. Read More

WHAT IT MEANS: Mine deaths from: illegal activities, younger employees, complacency, carelessness. Read More