The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) of TUC-Ghana, as part of its contribution to the development of human resources and health and safety of Ghanaians, has presented health items and educational scholarship worth more than ¢50,000 to four institutions in the mining communities. The beneficiary institutions are OLA Girls Senior HighContinue Reading
The latest mining health and safety records have come to the attention of the Minerals Council South Africa as it reported 60 fatalities in the industry in 2020. This marks an increase from 2019, with around 51 fatalities in that year. Records also show that in this year to date, 32 fatalitiesContinue Reading
South Africa’s Labour Court has ordered employers in the mining industry to prepare and implement a code of practice for health and safety standards. The standards must be prepared in terms of section 9(2) of the Mine Health and Safety Act, in accordance with guidelines to be published by theContinue Reading
The South African Labour Court has ordered that the country’s mining sector must publish safety guidelines on working amid the Covid-19 pandemic by 18 May, a move heralded as a major victory for mineworkers and unions as South Africa begins to relax its lockdown laws. The Department of Mineral ResourcesContinue Reading
MINING companies are placing an increasing focus on mental health given the significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of billions of people globally with devastating health and economic impacts and an associated spike in mental health issues. Lifeline WA reported a huge spike in callsContinue Reading
The Covid-19 pandemic has potential to mask human rights abuses and further worsen poverty among mining communities in parts of Manicaland. These are sentiments expressed recently by rights groups, Centre for Research and Development (CRD) and Amalgamated Chiadzwa Development Trust (ACDT). “As the world is trying to tame Covid 19,Continue Reading
A code of practice setting minimum standards for health and safety in mines during the coronavirus pandemic must be put in place this month, the Labour Court has ruled. In a judgment issued on Friday 1 May, the court set aside government’s decision not to require employers to prepare andContinue Reading
Following the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on April 23 that South Africa’s strict lockdown restrictions will start to ease from May, engineering solutions provider Weir Minerals Africa is preparing to resume operations and shares the lessons it has learned before and during the lockdown. In a three phased approach, the company in FebruaryContinue Reading
Morale is reportedly high as Covid-masked and physically distanced South African mineworkers get back to mining underground for companies that have gone the extra mile to ensure that they have been fully remunerated and host communities generously funded during the national lockdown. In a two-hour-plus Minerals Council South Africa onlineContinue Reading
Kalumbila Minerals Limited (KML), a subsidiary of mining giant First Quantum Minerals (FQM), has handed over three new health posts in Kalumbila district to the government. The facilities handed over include a staff house, clinic, incinerator and ablution block at each health post, complete with the much-needed medical equipment. CompanyContinue Reading
