COPPER TAKES ON SUPERBUGS

Ivanhoe Mines chairperson and CEO Robert Friedland told the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town that copper had the potential to lower the risk of infection from multiple drug-resistant bacteria by 40% and that copper surfaces reduced...

Kolomela mine gears up for production, invests in community

This year will usher in the opening of the Kolomela Mine, Anglo American company Kumba Iron Ore’s R8.5-billion development near Postmasburg, in the Northern Cape, which is set to produce nine-million tons of iron ore a year over 28 years.

Miners back medical PPP

The Chris Hani Baragwanath (CHB) Hospital’s new world-class Hand Unit, which was inaugurated last week, is the fruit of a public-private partnership that will offer top healthcare facilities to patients requiring its services.

Union on Aids drugs and danger of overtime

The provision of antiretrovirals is only one facet that needs to be refined in the treatment and prevention of HIV/Aids among mineworkers and mining communities.

Mining group takes big step in Aids fight

In what is regarded as a momentous step towards fighting the rampant Aids pandemic, mining giant Anglo American yesterday announced its plans to make anti-retroviral therapy (ART) available to those HIV-infected employees across its operating...