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While there have been significant improvements in the mining industry’s health and safety performance in the last two decades, a steep change was needed to accomplish the 2024 zero harm target, according to Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) president Mxolisi Mgojo. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has launched the Khumbul’ekhaya initiative, a CEO-led strategy on health and safety, developed and led by the Minerals Council CEO Zero Harm Forum. Read More

The utilisation of new technologies could make mining a sunrise industry while simultaneously addressing safety and health issues, Minerals Council South Africa president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Wednesday. Read More

There has been intensive screening and treatment of TB, as well as an 87% decline in the number of fatalities over the past 25 years. Read More

The Minerals Council recently published a video interview with CEO Roger Baxter on the impact of the carbon tax on the South African mining sector. Read More

Minerals Council South Africa on Tuesday launched a CEO-led strategy on health and safety aimed at driving and sustaining the industry’s pursuit of zero harm during operations. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has formally launched the Khumbul’ekhaya initiative, a CEO-led strategy on health and safety, developed and led by the Minerals Council CEO Zero Harm Forum. The aim of the initiative is to drive and sustain the mining industry’s pursuit of Zero Harm, with a particular emphasis on eliminating fatalities. Read More

As the mining industry tracks towards its safest year in recorded history, a new CEO-led safety strategy, in partnership with government and labour, aims to sustain the gains made in improving the health and safety of mineworkers. Read More

A total 35 miners died in the first nine months of 2019, about half the number recorded in the same period in 2018. Read More

Water scarcity poses a major risk to SA’s mining and other industries and will not only delay projects but cause substantial cost increases, global ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has warned. Read More