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South Deep gold mine trialling remote loading from surface 
By: Martin Creamer 28th April 2020 South Deep, the mechanised Gold Fields gold mine in western Gauteng, is putting remote loading to the test. “We’re trialling remote loading from... →
Eswatini Partial Lockdown Strengthened Measures
22nd April 2020 Following the pronouncement of a relaxed partial lockdown last week to balance the scales between protecting the lives of Emaswati and ensuring... →
NUM Youth Structure Unhappy With Mines Being Allowed To Operate At 50%
20th April 2020 The National Union of Mineworkers Youth Structure (NUMYS) is extremely unhappy and concerned by the decision taken by the National Command Council... →
Seven confirmed Covid-19 cases at Implats’ Canadian mine
By: Martin Creamer 17th April 2020 Seven cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed at Implats’ mechanised platinum group metals (PGMs) mine in Ontario, Canada, but no employee or... →
SALGA NEC meets on local governments response to Covid-19
9th April 2020 As the country enters the second week of the national lockdown, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of South African Local Government... →
COVID-19: how personal versus public freedoms are playing out in South Africa
3rd April 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in South Africa two weeks ago, the first glimpse emerged of the lengths to which people would go to avoid... →
DRD consulting with govt, labour to restart Far West Rand gold recoveries
By: Martin Creamer 3rd April 2020 Surface gold mining company DRDGold is considering re-starting operations at its Far West Gold Recoveries surface retreatment operation at... →
Mobile testing, sampling units for Covid-19 launched
By: Simone Liedtke 2nd April 2020 In light of the increasing number of Covid-19 local transmissions in South Africa, the Department of Health and government have stepped up capacity... →
