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Mining Weekly reports that on Tuesday gold producer Harmony Gold Mining Company advised that an employee had been fatally injured following a shaft-related incident at its Doornkop mine, near Soweto, on Sunday afternoon.
“We are deeply concerned about the unfortunate incidents at our mines and will continue to drive our safety humanistic transformation initiative, to reinforce a proactive safety culture throughout our company,” Harmony CEO Peter Steenkamp indicated in a statement. Mining activity in the affected area has been halted while an investigation is under way. The mining industry and unions have in recent weeks expressed concern about the regression in the health and safety performance in the industry. The number of fatalities so far this year is higher than the number of fatalities recorded over the comparable period of 2020. The Minerals Council SA (previously called the Chamber of Mines) last week called for the MineSafe summit to be held as soon as possible after the local government elections to "urgently address the regression in safety".
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