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Shiny future ahead for gold miners – Broomes
The mining sector is, of course, not without its challenges. Among the many challenges is the falling gold price which the government cannot do anything about. However, that which is in the government’s ability to change, will be changed.
Junior Natural Resources Minister, Simona Broomes
The National Assembly heard this on Monday last as Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes addressed the National Assembly.
Pointing out the things that the government can change, Broomes said that will work towards an improved environmental profile in the sector.
“We must also move, and urgently, to improve the safety record in the mining sector. More than that, we have to ensure that the men and women who are employed in the natural resources sector as a whole are rewarded with far better treatment at the hands of their employers.”
Broomes said that the APNU+AFC will promote as much training as possible.
“We will continually train the people who serve the natural resources sector, so that the performance standards of the sector can be enhanced. In that regard, it is good to see that there are generous allocations in this year’s budget, for training.”
The Minister admitted that training alone cannot bring about the transformation needed. Therefore, she said that the government will provide the incentives and the encouragement that contribute to the creation of committed professionals.
Further, Broomes said that amounts have been allocated in the budget for investment in Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Noise Meters, Radiation Monitoring Systems, Cameras, Environmental Monitor Systems, among others.
The Minister also indicated that her administration also intends to invest in educating miners. “The priority, of course, is safety…we simply must find a way of putting an end to the tragedies that have been costing us lives and blighting the mining sector.”
She said that most of the recent accidents in the mining sector have been a function of “managerial incompetence and indifference. This government intends to keep miners honest as far as the safety of workers is concerned. In that regard there will be training put in place to teach managers how to prepare their mining pits in accordance with the occupational health and safety practices. We will take the training sessions to the miners at the location where they work.” (Abena Rockcliffe)
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