Work at the Mandela Mining Precinct is focused on people regarding safety, productivity, skills development and healthier working conditions
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa. Picture: SOWETAN
The common refrain is that machines will replace people. It is a commonly held misconception and one that generates easy, sensational headlines and fear of the future in an environment in which change is inevitable, to make mining sustainable, safer, healthier and more productive. It is drawing in the brightest minds to not only focus on the human side of mining but also to find ways to extend and maximise the value of mines. For gold mines, work along these lines is vital as the country continues its downward slide from the global top spot it held for decades until the early 2000s.The unions are the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, the National Union of Mineworkers, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA, Solidarity and Uasa.
This will not be a place for machinations and muscle-flexing by any party. The work under way is too important to be undermined by point scoring, and so mechanisms are built into a code of conduct in the terms of reference for the forum to avoid this becoming a flash point. Mining companies are committed to zero harm at their operations and the research, development and innovation work done at the precinct will contribute to step changes towards achieving that goal, together with productivity improvements.
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