Company Announcement: Joy Mining Machinery Sponsors one of the Largest HIV & AIDS Facilities in South Africa

Attached please find a press release on: Joy Mining Machinery contributed R500,000 to AMCARE (Alberton Methodist Care & Relief Enterprise) at a ceremony on the 19th June towards the building of a comprehensive HIV & AIDS and TB Clinic on its...

TB study rolls out to SA gold mines

The Johns Hopkins-based 'Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic' (Create) yesterday announced the start of three studies to evaluate techniques for controlling HIV-related TB in countries hard hit by the dual epidemics.

Mine inspectors to scrutinise equipment suppliers

Equipment manufacturers and suppliers have a duty of care to ensure the occupational safety and health of miners, said May Hermanus, chief inspector of mines at the Department of Minerals and Energy.

ART introduced at Lonmin

The world’s third-largest primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), Lonmin, is providing its employees with access to a comprehensive anti-retroviral treatment programme to complement its AIDS programme.

Aids to hit gold miner's costs

HIV/Aids among its workers is projected to cost South African miner Gold Fields between $4 and $10 for each ounce of gold it mines in added production costs, chairperson and chief executive Chris Thompson said.