nature of the mining industry which calls for the industry to engage a huge labour force in order to maximise returns (Matangi, 2006). Despite these challenges, the mining sector in Zimbabwe is on a growth trajectory and the Zimbabwean government has pinned total economic recovery on the revival of the mining industry (Moyo; 2013).
اقرأ المزيدHowever, if this leads to mining companies being less reliant on labour, then these changes will have a negative impact on the jobs of mineworkers. This article looks at the legal framework that governs the mining sector in South Africa in the context of 4IR. The Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides for collective bargaining and strike action ...
اقرأ المزيدIn 2017, the Mining Association of Canada added two new components to the TSM initiative to contribute to global efforts in preventing the use of child and forced labour in the mining supply chain, and to provide the information needed to demonstrate the responsible sourcing of minerals and metals.
اقرأ المزيدLabour Unrest in the Mining Sector in South Africa Chitja Twala University of the Free State, South Africa Introduction and Historical Background ... South Africa was famous for its solid and sound labour relations culture, particularly in the post-1994 period. Its collective bargaining, with clear guidelines spelling out the responsibilities ...
اقرأ المزيدMotivation for the study: The SA mining sector has seen more violent strikes, with a higher number of deaths, injuries, criminal activities, arrests, dismissals and job losses in recent years. This article captures the current mining stakeholder strategies shaping the existing labour relations environment.
اقرأ المزيدEven in the early difficult years of diamond activity which marked the development of the mining sector in South Africa, African labour was in demand to such an extent that wage of African labourers was as high as those paid to white workers overseas. This then made the mines to be dependent on the government.
اقرأ المزيدThe Mining Association of Canada (MAC) supports efforts to eradicate child and forced labour from supply chains, and applauds the work of the Honourable Julie Miville-Dechêne, Senator, and the Honourable John McKay, P.C., M.P., in the development of Bill S-211, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains …
اقرأ المزيدThe development of South Africa's mining industry, and how it laid the foundations for Apartheid Although some mining had taken place in what is now South Africa centuries before Europeans arrived, 1 the modern mining industry emerged as the major shaper of South Africa's economy and race relations in the latter half of the 19 th century ...
اقرأ المزيدHowever, if this leads to mining companies being less reliant on labour, then these changes will have a negative impact on the jobs of mineworkers. This article looks at the legal framework that governs the mining sector in South Africa in the context of 4IR. The Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides for collective bargaining and strike …
اقرأ المزيدOpen-cast productivity is much high because, in open-cast coal is extracted by fully mechanized process. No doubt, the productivity of labour in coal mining sector is increases since 1951. However, the productivity boom of labour in coal mining sector at all India level is only due to productivity boom at open-cast in Orissa and Tamil Nadu.
اقرأ المزيدA study of the sub-surface (Loto) mining activities around Kuru Village-a suburb of Jos City revealed the activities of Artisanal Miners where mining is presently being carried out on an old mining lease belonging to Bisichi Jenta Ltd.
اقرأ المزيدCommunity gold mining is a tradition of several regions in Indonesia. This report is based on a rapid assessment involving 36 young people involved in the gold mining activities in one village of East Kalimantan province. It includes research on the community, families of young workers and gold mine operators.
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