Sino Gold Mining Ltd has signed two landmark partnership agreements with Chinese authorities, aiming to provide the local government withthe tools to implement sustainability and health and safety practices.
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A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit has indicated that Russian companies are leading the field when it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR), with 90% of Russian majors having either a CSR or sustainability programme in place or in development.
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ARGENTINA’S president, Cristina Fernandez, has vetoed a law protecting the country’s glaciers.
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Andrew Forrest, chief executive of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, said that his company will work to reduce the number of fly-in, fly-out workers it employs because the difficult working conditions and long periods spent away from family wrecks marriages.
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A number of major mining companies, along with the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and the World Gold Council, have marked World AIDS Day by highlighting some of the work they are doing to combat AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria in Africa.
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South Africa’s new mining health and safety law, which included higher financial penalties and a criminal liability clause, has been labelled unconstitutional by the country’s chamber of mines.
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From January 16 2009, mining businesses in the UK that do not comply with their health and safety obligations will face harsher penalties by virtue of the Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008.
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The mining industry has been facing significant challenges in recent years. The fluctuations in market demand, along with ever-increasing pressure to improve environmental practices, have placed many operations in a difficult situation.
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South Africaís mining industry has had a few difficult years when it comes to mine fatalities, but things may be looking up and the government introduces a new health and safety bill and the country achieved a 23% cut in fatalities this year
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Mining has long been one of the world’s most hazardous occupations and consultants continue to look for ways to be part of the solution
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Many people would agree that environmental issues are becoming more important in the daily development of any mining operation, not least because of the legacy of environmental damage and poor community relations that characterised the industry of old.
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In the third and final instalment of his comment on corporate social responsibility, Kevin D’Souza asks: is the reality on the
ground conducive to real commitment?
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In the first of a series of interviews in MEM, editor Katherine Welch talks to Lesego Rametsi-Dikoma, a doctor working for Anglo Platinum, based in Rustenburg, in the North West Province, South Africa
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The economic downturn has forced businesses globally to negotiate increasingly difficult terrain, but all is not lost
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MEM editor Katherine Welch investigates the growing use of metals in the medical sector, and the antibacterial properties that make them so useful
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Industrial pollution is commonly overlooked but still poses a significant threat to human health, particularly in the case of artisanal gold mining
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The global market for uranium is booming as climate change gives the nuclear-power sector a new lease of life, but, given its intrinsic environmental health problems, there can be tough regulatory obstacles for mining companies.
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China’s coal industry is notoriously dirty and dangerous. In 2007, the State Administration of Work Safety recorded 3,786 fatalities from coal-mine accidents, and it has been reported that an average of 17 miners die each day.
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Infectious diseases have a devastating impact on populations worldwide. The statistics are truly staggering; every year, more than five million people die from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.
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