The Minerals Council South Africa joined Ekapa Minerals in commemorating the lack of 5 colleagues at a memorial service on the firm’s mine in Kimberley, within the Northern Cape, on April 17.
Minerals Council CEO Mzila Mthenjane was joined by different senior Minerals Council colleagues on the memorial service to honour the 5 individuals who died in an underground mud-rush incident on February 17.
“Every of those individuals had a household, pals and colleagues. Behind every of those deaths is a household and a neighborhood dwelling with an awesome sense of sorrow and loss.
“It is because of this, and for different fatalities in our sector, that the Minerals Council and its members are so dedicated to making sure we do all we are able to to attain zero hurt.
“We consider this objective is feasible and we’re unwavering in our focus to attain it,” stated Mthenjane.
“We lengthen our deepest condolences to the bereaved households, to the workers at Ekapa Minerals and its administration, and to the broader Kimberley neighborhood. Could this memorial enable area for dignity, remembrance, and collective assist,” he added.
The council stated it attended the memorial service to exhibit the sector’s solidarity with a member firm at such a tragic time, underscoring the willingness of mining firms to come back to the help of one other at a time of disaster.
It provides that it recognises the tireless, selfless efforts by Mine Rescue Providers to recuperate the our bodies of the 5 miners.
