2025 Agenda Sessions

Workshop 4 – Prioritising health and safety

Mining and Zero harm: Achieving the goal

The main goal of the workshop is to stimulate an open discussion about the challenges the mining industry is facing related to health and safety; how they can maintain a right to operate and attract further investment within this context; how to drive improvement; and how new thinking and new technologies can help to sustainably reduce the number, frequency and severity of accidents in mines across Africa.  

The session will open with a panel discussion that will discuss how mining operations are evolving, how this has augmented risk, as well as the challenges and opportunities that companies have in improving their health and safety systems and practices. This will be followed by roundtable discussions where participants will delve more deeply into specific challenges that miners are facing, with a focus on pragmatic solutions:

•Effectively managing safety during M&A
•Managing and positively influencing contractors, sub-contractors and value chain partners (artisanal & small-scale miners)
•Technology and AI are seen as the silver bullet for improve safety performance, but what actually works and what data and monitoring strategies and frameworks are necessary to introduce new tech/AI effectively
• Engaging and building capabilities of employees; providing a safe working environment for all demographics
•Cultivating the right cultural context for safety