Snapshot of women in mining at UMS

Part 1 of the Driving gender equality article in our African Mining Mining April issue discussed the fact that mining has historically been a highly male-dominated industry, and despite a growing movement toward diversity and inclusion, women are dramatically underrepresented within the sector as ...
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Safety Achievement – 22 July 2020

CONGRATULATIONS! Shaft Sinkers Mining would like to congratulate our incredible crew at the South 32 Manganese Operations, Wessels Shaft Rehabilitation Contract for their amazing achievement of 365 days of accident and incident free operations! This work was undertaken in particularly challenging co...
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Restarting Operations After Lockdown

Preparing for a restart of post lockdown operations; big plants and operations take time to start up and reach optimal performance. Many parts of an operation that become ‘mothballed’, even for a short period of time, run the risk of deteriorating quite quickly.  Start-up, if not properly manag...
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