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Netwerk24 reports that operations will recommence by the end of January at Vantage Goldfields’ Barbrook mine in Mpumalanga.
The mine was placed in business rescue at the end of December and its operations were halted shortly after its sister Lily mine was also placed in business rescue. Business rescuer Rob Devereux said in a statement that operations at the mine will be more focused on ensuring maximum output under difficult circumstances. After a collapse at Lily Mine in February 2016, 130 mineworkers were redeployed to Barbrook. The workers there have not been paid since November 2016. At a meeting on 11 January they will be advised about the rescue process and how it will affect them. Meantime, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) says it was not consulted when Barbrook decided to put its operations under business rescue and that the move was in contravention of sections of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act. (Loosely translated from Afrikaans)
Read this report by Elvira Wood in full in Afrikaans at Netwerk24 (limited access)
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