Mine deaths in South Africa...fell 23 percent last year to the lowest since records began in 1904, after the government started temporarily closing mines, a labor union said...While the decline to 170 deaths is “significant,” it is “still not a cause for celebration,” the Johannesburg-based National Union of Mineworkers, which produced the statistics, said...AngloGold Ashanti made “history” by achieving a fatality-free quarter last year, Sietse van der Woude, a safety specialist at the Chamber of Mines, which represents most mining companies that operate in the country, said...[also refers to Anglo American, Gold Fields, Harmony Gold]