LETTER: Mining industry has a good record in containing Covid-19
07 June 2020 - 18:17
Neil Overy made some serious errors in his article that one would not expect of a professional academic (“Miners’ lives are cheap compared with rising metal prices" (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-06-04-miners-lives-are-cheap-compared-with-rising-metal-prices/), June 5).
We will not take issue with his account of SA’s economic history and mining’s role in it. However, we believe important aspects of his analysis of the industry’s management of Covid-19 are ill-considered...
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