Mining Laws and Regulations Report 2025 Zambia

The primary law governing the mining sector in Zambia is the Mines and Minerals Development Act No 11 of 2015 of the Laws of Zambia MMDA as read together with the Mines and Minerals Development Amendment Act No 14 of 2016 and the Mines and Minerals Development Amendment Act No 29 of 2022 the Industrial and Labour

The preparation of the labor relations landscape of South

Labour laws were particularly designed to be worker friendly and to ensure that trade unions could use a fair collective bargaining system to spread the wealth of the mining industry agriculture

An analysis of the Human Resource practices in the

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

The fragile peace between South Africa s labour unions and the mining

Relations between organised labour and South Africa s mining industry have it would seem on the surface never been better After decades of intense class conflict rooted in the grotesque

Innovation in the Mining Industry Technological

The Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 hereafter the LRA was promulgated to redress the injustices and inequality within labour relations It seeks to do so through four objectives which give effect to the LRA s purposes of transformation within the labour relations framework In Steel Mining & Commercial Workers Union v Brano Industries

A STUDY ON FRAMEWORKS AND POLICIES FOR

Mineral exploration and mining 7 Employment and Labour Relations 9 Legislation governing the health and safety 13 Environment 15 Framework to guarantee investments 15 Framework to Enable Citizens to Make Demands Concerning the Mining Sector 16 Mining fiscal regime 17 iii

Unions and Industrial Relations in Papua New Guinea

Industrial relations in Papua New Guinea PNG mining industry is not popular in literature The lack of scholarly interest on labour relations in the industry could stem from various reasons ranging from recent sprouting of the few mines in the country except Bougainville mine to low employment of workers in a capital intensive industry1

South Africa The rise of employee value in the mining

The most precious commodity in any workplace is a thriving and happy workforce Employees want to know they are working in a role that provides not only personal meaning but that the business is fulfilling its responsibilities to society and the environment Employers including those in the mining sector that are able to correctly identify the right mix of workforce policies

Minerals Commission Solidaridad unveils forum to tackle child labour

2 Minerals Commission believed that addressing the menace of child labour in the mining sector required an all hands on deck approach to ensure strategic linkages among partnerships and results

Trends in productivity in the South African gold mining

® Labour/labour relations The mining sector is the backbone of South Africa s economy and one of the largest employers in mining communities The extractive industry plays a significant

Working and Living Conditions of Workers in the Mining Sector

Labour legislative framework in the mining sector Legislation governing the rights and obligations of employers and employees in the mining sector in Zambia is mainly contained in the Industrial and Labour Relations Act Chapter 269 of the Laws of Zambia

Chapter 14 Employment Relations in South Africa

labour and civil society Its main role is to consider all draft labour legislation amend it until consensus is achieved then submit it to parliament •The Labour Relations Act LRA of 1995 retained industrial councils renamed them bargaining councils and extended them to

Mine Operations in South Africa Community and

The mining sector CSR refers to a company s voluntary actions to either reduce the negative impacts of mining economic social and environmental or to improve the living conditions of the local communities where they operate By definition voluntary actions are those that go beyond legal obligations and binding contracts

The Relevance and Impact of South African Labour Law in the Mining

However 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

Overview of child labour in the artisanal and small scale mining sector

This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic policy and NGO sources on child labour in the artisanal and small scale mining ASM sector in Asia and Africa

EFFECTIVENESS OF TRADE UNIONS IN PROMOTING EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

Federation of Trade union Botswana Mining workers Union be recognized th at publi c sector labour relations in Botswana as in other developing countries i nvolve

PDF Trade union organising in the mining

2 The Changing Contribution of the South African Mining Sector 2 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 7 Wage Determination in South African Mining Sector 7 Industrial Relations in South Africa 8 Labour Laws in South Africa 10 Centralised and Non centralised Collective Bargaining in South Africa 11

BECAUSE WE RE MERELY LABORERS ABUSE OF WORKERS

Amnesty report Undermining Workers Rights Labor Rights Abuses in Nickel Supply Chains examines labor practices in the nickel mining sector on Dinagat Islands and outlines numerous examples of workers being employed without contracts receiving delayed payment of wages and non payment of compulsory employee benefits

Secondary Strikes The Constitutional Court Provides Some Clarity

It gave notice in terms of section 66 2 of the Labour Relations Act 1995 "the LRA" to a number of employers in the mining sector that its members employed by these employers would embark on a secondary strike from 7 March 2019 Mine Health And Safety Act 1996 New Guidance Note Published For The Management Of Latent Tuberculosis

Chapter 14 Employment Relations in South Africa

labour and civil society Its main role is to consider all draft labour legislation amend it until consensus is achieved then submit it to parliament •The Labour Relations Act LRA of 1995 retained industrial councils renamed them bargaining councils and extended them to

The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South

The Lonmin plc platinum strike that lasted for six weeks in 2012 resulted in the death of 34 mineworkers Thomas 2018 A subsequent strike in 2014 led to a five month shutdown in the operations

Technology and growth in the South African mining

The South African mining sector has for more than 100 years been considered a labour intensive industry using physically platinum and chrome Minerals Council 2021 Although mining is still largely a labour intensive process the mining industry makes use of a wide range of technologies to reduce and prevent incidents related to

Labor Relations And Human Resources Management An Overview

Labour or Industrial Relations The term labour relations also known as industrial relations refers to the system in which employers workers and their representatives and directly or indirectly th particularly where they represent workers in a key economic or public service sector such as transport or mining Aside from trade unions