South Africa’s mining industry contributes about 8% to the national gross domestic product.

An investigation into the cause of the incident, including the reasons the employee ventured into an area he should not have been in, will be carried out.

Mining industry body the Minerals Council had criticised several clauses in the 2018 charter including that miners must procure 70% of goods and 80% of services from Black-owned companies.

Company is turning its attention to minerals such as copper and manganese.

Vedanta earlier this month said it wanted to open a dialogue with ZCCM and was committed to investing $1.5 billion into KCM.

The two trains operated by Russian aluminum giant collided in Conakry on Monday.