Wesizwe to undertake phased restart of operations at Bakubung
Platinum group metals miner Wesizwe Platinum will embark on a phased restart of operations at its Bakubung mine, in the North West, from next week, subject to the conclusion of a memorandum of agreement currently under discussion with the recognised trade unions and employee representatives.
Operations at the mine were halted for a three-week period, from June 3, to enable Wesizwe to facilitate meaningful engagement during a consultation process with employees and labour unions on the proposed retrenchments at the mine.
Wesizwe on June 4 said it would retrench about 497 of its 706 employees.
This followed a March announcement that the company had decided to halt its previously adopted phased ramp-up approach, including a one-million-tonne-a-year production strategy, to instead pursue a revised development strategy based on a single-stage ramp-up to a 3.5-million-tonne-a-year operation.
The company says constructive progress was made in its engagements with employees and trade unions.
Further, it assures stakeholders that the restart of operations has been carefully planned and will follow a structured, phased approach that places the highest priority on the health and safety of employees and contractors, compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements and the safe recommissioning of mining and processing activities.
"Employees and contractors will return to site in a controlled and progressive manner. The initial phase will include medical screening, inductions, statutory inspections, legal compliance verification, essential maintenance activities and the progressive recommissioning of critical infrastructure before normal mining operations resume.
"Management believes this disciplined approach is essential to ensuring that the restart of operations is safe, responsible and sustainable, while maintaining full compliance with the Mine Health and Safety Act and other applicable legislative requirements," Wesizwe comments.
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