With a higher test rate at 3.01%, compared with the national and global average test rates of 2.07% and 1.57%, respectively, South Africa’s mining industry is proving to be handling the Covid-19 pandemic better than most sectors, the Minerals Council has said.
Minerals Council CEO Roger Baxter on June 19 shared some mining industry statistics and information related to how the industry has been responding to Covid-19 in a briefing with the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy.