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[File Image]: Gold miners work deep underground at Sibanye Gold’s Masimthembe shaft in Westonaria, South Africa, April 3, 2017.
Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg in the North West says plans are afoot to embrace technology, to minimise the loss of lives and increase its lifespan.
Chief Executive Moses Motlhageng says that as the G20 summit is taking place, they hope that there will be a shift in policies to make this a reality.
Over 30 deaths have been reported at the country’s mines this year.
Motlhageng highlights the importance of safety.
“We need to mine without loss of life. We need to be able to mine or extract our minerals safely. If we do that, we’ll remain in the forefront globally. We’ve learned recently that the use of AI can also assist us quite a lot in terms of removing human error in some of the safety systems, safety processes and systems that we are using. And we intend to accelerate that and perhaps invest more to pilot it and be able to see if there’s future potential to be able to extract this over without losing lives.”
