New initiative aiming for 50% decrease in new TB, HIV infections in Southern Africa by 2015

A collaboration between the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the World Bank, nongovernmental organisation (NGO) the International Organisation for Migration, and NGO Stop TB Partnership will soon see the roll-out of an ambitious...

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This week: Coal of Africa Limited says Southern Africa’s coking coal could rival Australia’s. TB, hearing loss and silicosis are still big problems facing the South African mining industry. And, focusing on the project sponsorship perspective...

Lung-diseased gold miners start UK legal action against Anglo

London law firm Leigh Day & Co has begun proceedings in the London High Court against Anglo American South Africa, as the Johannesburg-registered wholly owned subsidiary of London-based Anglo American plc. Lawyer Richard Meeran, who addressed a...

Gold Fields targets further diminution of SA production dependence

South African gold major Gold Fields has told an international audience that it is targeting a further diminution of South African production dependence. In a presentation to the Denver Gold Forum in the US, Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland displayed...

Gold Fields’ credit rating up on diminishing South Africa dependence

Ratings agency Moody's has upgraded the credit status of Gold Fields owing to the gold miner’s diminished dependence on South Africa. Moody’s has changed its outlook for Gold Field's Baa3 rating to positive from stable, opening the way for...

AngloGold urges quick silicosis redress, lawyer says less dust will cut incidence, RBC eases $100bn implied-damage sum

South Africa’s largest gold miner is urging quick action on a compensation structure for silicosis sufferers; a lawyer says that the cutting of dust levels to 0,1mg/mm2 will reduce the rising silicosis problem;and analysts have backtracked on...

13/05/2011 (On-The-Air)

The South African gold-mining industry is being shaken by the claims of silicosis sufferers; a Rustenburg platinum company is going a head with a R13-billion expansion programme and a new push is under way to make engineering attractive to South...

NUM throws full weight behind Anglo silicosis claimants

South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has thrown its full weight behind silicosis sufferers' claims against diversified mining major Anglo American. While NUM is again angered by a 27% increase in mine fatalities in the first three...

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This week: Harmony Gold says South Africa needs to nurture gold mining’s future The NUM resolves to take up the cudgels against Anglo in the silicosis battle And, the DMR says there’s an ‘exciting’ new South African mining era ahead.

AngloGold urges quick action on silicosis compensation

South Africa’s largest gold miner is urging quick action on a compensation structure for silicosis sufferers. AngloGold Ashanti CEO Mark Cutifani tells Mining Weekly Online in a video interview that he would like to see the industry arriving at...

South African mining facing implied $100bn silicosis damage – RBC

The South African mining industry is facing “a very serious” threat from silicosis claims that could result in implied damage of $100-billion, says RBC Capital Markets equity research unit. RBC analyst Leon Esterhuizen and associate analysts...

Lawyers see further litigation regarding occupational diseases unless dust levels in mines decline

Legal representatives for the plaintiffs in litigation involving miners who were employed by Anglo American South Africa, part of the Anglo American group, and the company itself say if dust levels in South African gold mines are not rectified...