2020
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Experience from other health crises shaped mining industry’s rapid pandemic response
: While virologists and risk analysts have been theorising about the effects of a global pandemic for years, few could have imagined the Covid-19 pandemic’s transformative impact on society. Even after the World Health Organisation declared Covid-19 a public health emergency in January, “how many people, globally, would’ve thought that the Covid-19 would have such a profound impact on the global economy, and the global population?” posits Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter.
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Research critical to addressing Covid-19
: Having recognised that fundamental research is critical to supporting the mining industry and others in dealing with the impact of Covid-19, the Minerals Council South Africa’s CEO Zero Harm Forum reallocated research funding to focus on three Covid-19-related areas.
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Oxygen initiative assists in fight against Covid-19
: Minerals Council South Africa health head Dr Thuthula Balfour explains that the Minerals Council and its members recognised early on that the Eastern Cape would need assistance in addressing Covid-19. It is a mining-affected province, without mines. Historically, the industry has drawn many thousands of employees from the province and currently around 15% of members’ current workforce originate from the Eastern Cape.
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Minerals Council reprioritises occupational health in the era of COVID-19
: Senior Deputy Editor Chantelle Kotze speaks to Dr Thuthula Balfour about the Minerals Council South Africa’s strategy of reprioritising its occupational health programme which addresses TB, HIV and non-communicable diseases in the era of COVID-19.
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Eastern Cape hospitals get oxygen equipment worth R4.7m
: Minerals Council head of health Dr Thuthula Balfour said its approach to addressing Covid-19 had been based on collaboration at its operations in communities where it operated and nationally.
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Minerals Council publishes second field guide on Covid-19 safety behaviour
: The Mineral Council South Africa on September 16 launched its Beyond the Mine Gate Field Guide.
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Robust virus testing is key to SA mining industry’s COVID-19 response
: The Minerals Council South Africa believes that the COVID-19 testing initiative undertaken by its member companies was an important tool used by the mining industry, firstly, to better understand the progress of the virus, and secondly, to better manage the spread of the virus.
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Minerals Council members outline their COVID-19 testing initiatives
: A number of Minerals Council members today provided a briefing on their approach to COVID-19 testing and the mitigating impact it has had on the incidence of the virus at their operations. These initiatives have also enhanced the availability of testing in their surrounding communities.
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Mining industry passes Covid-19 peak as foreign miners continue their return to South Africa
: About 75% of South Africa’s mining workforce has returned to work, reports the Minerals Council South Africa.
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Mining sector unveils plan to help fight Covid-19
: AngloGold Ashanti’s vice-president for health, Dr Bafedile Chauke, said they had handed over two of its hospitals that were no longer in use to the government.
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Mining sector unveils plan to help fight Covid-19
: AngloGold Ashanti’s vice-president for health, Dr Bafedile Chauke, said they had handed over two of its hospitals that were no longer in use to the government.
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Minerals Council members commit R4.7m towards strengthening Eastern Cape medical capabilities
: The Minerals Council South Africa reports that a number of its members have contributed a combined R4.7-million towards oxygen and oxygen-related products for the Eastern Cape as the province battles Covid-19 infections.
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Mining industry collaborates to increase COVID-19 testing capacity
: The South African mining industry, directly and under the auspices of the Minerals Council South Africa, is seeking to increase its COVID-19 testing capacity, both for companies themselves and in support of the country’s overall testing imperative.
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South Africa’s other pandemic
: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, another pandemic has been sweeping across the country.
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Mines are not the 'epicentre' of Covid-19
: In fact, it is the very extensive precautionary measures being taken by the industry that’s giving rise to this mistaken assumption.
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Mining industry well prepared to tackle Covid-19 with new, existing protocols
: The South African mining industry is, generally, well prepared to deal with the return to work of a large percentage of staff as lockdown Alert Levels move from Level 4 to Level 3 on June 1, reports Minerals Council South Africa.
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Morale high as Covid-masked South African miners get back to work
: JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – 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.
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South Africa mining firms work together against COVID-19 as mines reopen
: JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African mining companies are setting up shared quarantine facilities for miners testing positive for COVID-19 and are discussing other ways to cooperate, as the vital national industry gradually restarts operations halted since late March.
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SA mines to close for three weeks in Covid-19 battle
: Mines say stringent measures are in place to protect employees from the coronavirus
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Minerals Council commits to protecting employees, industry as Covid-19 spreads
: Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter on Wednesday said the mining industry’s preparedness plans for dealing with the impact of Covid-19 were “very far advanced”.
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Mantashe: Mining sector has kept coronavirus infections at bay so far
: So far, no coronavirus infections have been reported in the mining sector, according to a statement from the department of mineral resources and energy.
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Mantashe engages mining industry to consolidate Covid-19 plans
: Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday met with the leadership of the Minerals Council in Johannesburg, to receive an update on the plans that have been put in place for the sector to adequately respond to the current Covid-19 pandemic.
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Industry leaders put heads together as coronavirus strikes
: While government gets to grips with the emergence of the coronavirus in South Africa, introducing the closure of multiple trade ports as a preventative measure, industry leaders and organisations met on Monday to strategise and assess the impact of the outbreak.
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Miners highly vulnerable to infectious disease: Minerals Council
: JOHANNESBUEG - The Minerals Council of South Africa says miners are highly vulnerable to infectious diseases.
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Minerals Council South Africa sets out Covid-19 plans
: Following the first confirmed Covid-19 case in South Africa yesterday, Minerals Council South Africa has set out its planning measures to mitigate the impact of an outbreak on the country’s mining industry. The council said that the special circumstances of the mining sector could make it vulnerable to transmission of the novel coronavirus.
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Stakeholders join hands to improve occupational lung disease compensation system
: To further improve the administration of the State-owned administered compensation system of occupational lung diseases, the Minerals Council South Africa has entered into a three-year partnership, dubbed the co-governance model, with the Medical Bureau for Occupation Disease (MBOD) and the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases (CCOD).
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South Africa's mining industry making strides in health and safety
: CAPE TOWN (miningweekly.com) – The South African mining industry is making strides in improving its health and safety performance, but more needs to be done on site, as well as off site, to keep employees safe, says the Minerals Council South Africa.
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WATCH: Mining fatalities slashed by 37% in 2019
: Fatalities in the South African mining industry fell the most in recorded history, with the sector reporting 51 deadly accidents last year, while deaths in deep-level gold mines were more than halved.
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Mining health & safety figures improve dramatically
: There has been a significant reduction in fatalities and injuries in the mining sector, according to the mine health and safety statistics released by the Department of Minerals and Energy.
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Various - vice president for Minerals Council, Neal Froneman says behaviour, not prices have more influence on the mining industry safety record
: Vice President for Minerals Council, Neal Froneman says behaviour, not prices have more influence on the mining industry safety record.
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Off Peak - South African mining fatalities at its lowest
: The Minerals Council of South Africa, Dr Sizwe Phakathi says the progress made in regard to mining deaths is extremely positive and however still much to improve.
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Statistics show decline in mining fatalities
: Minister of Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe has released statistics regarding safety performance in the sector.
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Minerals Council Notes Publication Of 2019 Health And Safety Statistics
: The Minerals Council South Africa and senior representatives from member companies today attended the official announcement by Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe of the 2019 industry health and safety performance statistics.