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:
Resource prices are the main source of adversities and opportunities for Africa.
And, mine fatalities are at their lowest level ever.
The significant and potentially persistent decline in oil and other commodity prices, as well as slower-than-projected growth in the eurozone, China, Japan and Russia, has substantially altered the economic prospects for most African countries.
MSA Group MD Keith Scott
The 84 mine fatalities recorded in 2014 were the lowest ever in South African mining history.
Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi
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