Dineo Phoshoko | Jun 22, 2020
A Minerals Council South Africa team headed by CEO Roger Baxter delivered a remote presentation to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Minerals Resources and Energy on the impact of COVID-19 on the mining industry and its stakeholders. Baxter...
Dineo Phoshoko | Jun 5, 2020
A new state of the art Mindray WATO EX-20 anaesthetic machine has been donated to the Mercy James Centre (MJC) at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. The new anaesthetic machine was donated by exploration company Mkango...
Dineo Phoshoko | May 28, 2020
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world put measures in place to stop the spread of the virus and mitigate the impact. One of the most common measures was imposing lockdown restrictions. Although the restrictions have...
Dineo Phoshoko | May 20, 2020
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has published guidelines for a mandatory Code of Practice (COP) for mitigating and managing COVID-19 in the mining industry. The guidelines are issued in terms of section 49(6) of the Mine...
Dineo Phoshoko | May 18, 2020
Implats has identified 19 people who tested positive for COVID-19 around the Marula mine in Limpopo, South Africa. As a result, operations at the mine have been suspended. In a statement released over the weekend, the platinum producer explained...
Dineo Phoshoko | May 14, 2020
Information gathered from across the globe is showing the way for South Africa’s surface mines to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease in the workplace and mitigate its effects during and after the pandemic. With the spread of the virus at...
Dineo Phoshoko | May 8, 2020
With businesses across the globe entering uncertain times amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it is vital that industry sectors stand together and rebuild in a structured and sustainable way. Planning is already in progress for small-tier surface mines...
Dineo Phoshoko | May 4, 2020
New research from the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) reveals that just two of the ten largest mining companies are aligned with limiting climate change to 2°C. These 10 companies have a market capitalisation of over $350bn and contribute to...
Dineo Phoshoko | Apr 30, 2020
De Beers group donates $200 000 to assist women’s support organisations in its host communities to respond to COVID-19. The money will help four producer partner countries – Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa – to assist women’s shelters...
