Sibanye delays results release as it recovers from cyberattack
Publication of its second quarter and first half results has been rescheduled to September 12.
The death toll in South Africa’s mines was 51 in 2019, down from 81 the previous year and the lowest since records began a century ago, the Minerals Council, which represents miners, said on Friday.
“In 2019, the mining industry recorded the lowest number of fatalities since record-keeping began more than a century ago,” the council’s chief executive, Roger Baxter, said.
A poor safety record in South African mines, which have some of the deepest in the world, has been a concern for investors.
(By Tanisha Heiberg; Editing by Edmund Blair)
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