Information gathered from across the globe is paving the way for South Africa’s surface mines to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 disease in the workplace and mitigate its effects during and after the pandemic, Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of Southern Africa (Aspasa) says. With the spread of the virus at different stages around the world, reports from countries that find themselves in the later stages, or those that have effectively controlled the spread, are of particular interest to the surface mining industry association, it adds.