· In an attempt to tackle tuberculosis among current and former miners, their families, and affected communities, 15 southern African leaders signed a Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector, a legal instrument, at the recent summit meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government in Maputo, Mozambique.
· Cape Town, South Africa –5 November 2018 – The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill has loomed over South African mining firms since 2014 and caused unwarranted uncertainty in a sector already suffering from rising costs and labour uncertainty has hampered investor confidence in an industry that is the traditional backbone of the South African .
· The mining sector has been a key employer and played a pivotal role in the development and growth of the continent. In more recent times it has struggled to attract top skills due to the global demand and the perception of the sector. Increasingly, there is an opportunity for the mining industry to play a role in bridging the unemployment gap, and repositioning itself as an employer of choice ...
develop a sustainable development strategy for the South African mining sector and to work towards reporting sustainable development progress to the United Nations in 2010, in terms of the commitments made by South Africa at the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development. This programme was termed the Sustainable Development through Mining (SDM) Programme and this .
Our view of the South African mining industry is very similar to these global results, but with some key specific South African challenges and opportunities. Below are some points we extracted from the survey. Similarities: Commodity price risk remains the top risk to the global mining industry, and we believe the same applies to South African mines. While there have been significant increases ...
New leadership for Mineworkers Provident Fund As of March 2020, Dumisa Hlatshwayo took over as the new CEO of Mineworkers Provident Fund (MWPF). With over 20 years' experience in the financial services sector, Hlatshwayo has big plans that will positively impact MWPF.
The share of mining sector products in South Africa's merchandise export basket fell from per cent in 1994 to a low of per cent in 2003, largely as a result of the successively smaller contribution made by gold mining exports. The rise of platinum group metals (PGMs), iron ore, coal and other mineral exports, complemented by higher commodity prices at least until the onset of the ...
The mining sector in South Africa In 2013, the mining sector accounted for 9% of GDP, 12% of total investment, 30% of merchandise exports and 8% of total nonagricultural employment (South Africa Chamber of Mines, 2014). The relative share of the mining sector has declined in the last 20 years for a number of reasons. First, the South African economy is a welldiversified economy and the ...
· South Africa once had the greatest gold mining market share in the world, but output has declined massively since the 1970's. Politics, high costs, and trade union action are some of .
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· A sharp decline in the relative importance of the gold mining sector in South Africa. With it having lost 66 965 jobs since 2010, while the nongold mining sector actually added 38 417 jobs over the same time period. As we said before the sun is setting on the gold mining era in South Africa. 10 June 2019: Mining and quarrying declines % in Q1:2019 . The mining and quarrying industry ...
Effective leadership in mining in South Africa more. As the South African mining sector is labour intensive, the performance of a mining company depends primarily on the productivity of its workforce. "Leaders need to be appropriately skilled and empowered to effectively lead the organisation, but just as importantly, they must be able to impact employee performance through effective ...
reflect trends in the South African mining environment. While many of the entities that are included also have international exposure, the bulk of their operations are in Africa. A global view on mining is provided in our Mine: A confidence crisis Wescoal Holdings Limited and Sibanye Gold have been included for the first time in the 2013 publiion, although the Sibanye results ...
· According to Stats South Africa, at the end of June, the mining sector was the most significant contributor to the economy's poor performance in the first quarter. Mining activity slowed by % this was the biggest slump in six years. "The Mining and Energy Recovery Plan intends to restore and restructure the industry within the context of a renewed, sustainable minerals and energy ...
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The mining sector has, for many years, attracted valuable foreign direct investment to South Africa; Major mining sectors in SA. Coal. Coal mining's advent in South Africa can best be traced to the start of gold mining in the late 19 th century, particularly on the Witwatersrand, with the first coal in appreciable tonnages extracted on the Highveld coal field close to the nascent ...