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Article

22 Sep 2008

Author:
Kea’ Modimoeng, Times [So. Africa]

‘Profit hunt is killing miners’ [So. Africa]

The alarming number of deaths at South Africa’s mines — with 13 workers dying this month alone — appears to show that mine bosses are only paying lip service to mine safety as they hunt profits. Mining bosses, including Anglo American’s Cynthia Carroll and Gold Fields chief executive Nick Holland, have said that fatalities will not be tolerated, but their mines are among the most dangerous in the industry...Gold Fields...chief executive, Nick Holland, said [in May]: “If we cannot mine safely, we must not mine. There is no price for life.” Since making that statement 15 mineworkers have died at Gold Fields...Gold Fields continues to mine. [also refers to Harmony Gold]