Welcome to Creamer Media’s Resources Watch, a weekly video round-up of the events and people making and shaping the news in the mining industry.
This week:
Mentors ease entry
Women representation increases from ‘extreme minority’ to 13%-plus of SA’s mining workforce
NUM and ANC ‘very encouraging’ says Royal Bafokeng
Finding a mentor who has extensive experience in the industry is one way of mitigating challenges facing women in the mining industry.
Anglo American mine overseer Lorraine Nndwambi
The local mining industry has made significant strides in executing trans- formation and promoting gender diversity in terms of women representation, with the number of women having increased from an “extreme minority” to exceeding 10% across different levels.
Vedanta Resources Zinc International and CMT CEO Deshnee Naidoo
Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEO Steve Phiri said he was “very encouraged” by the stance taken by the National Union of Mineworkers and the ruling African National Congress around Mining Charter Three.
Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEO Steve Phiri
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