New AngloGold Ashanti CEO to tackle mine deaths

(Reuters) - The incoming chief executive at the world's third biggest gold producer, AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, wants to cut the firm's mine fatalities as a top priority, he said on Friday.

Increasing deaths at South Africa's treacherous underground mines have thrust safety into the spotlight recently. The government briefly closed one of AngloGold's mines last week after two more miners were killed in a rock fall.


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S.Africa tells AngloGold to shut mine shaft

(Reuters) - South Africa has instructed gold producer AngloGold Ashanti to shut the shaft at its Moab Khutsong mine after two miners were killed in a rock fall at the weekend, the government said on Tuesday.

The Department of Minerals and Energy said senior officials would visit the mine on Wednesday to check if the company was meeting safety standards. It did not say how long the shaft would remain shut.


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