Mining industry calls for government intervention to stop armed gangs at mines | IOL Business Report

JOHANNESBURG - The mining industry has called for government intervention in the sector following the spate of brazen killings by heavily armed gangs at different mines.

Mine executives this week said they reached out to authorities citing that smelters had become crime hotspots that threatened the survival of the entire industry. A gang escaped with calcine concentrate, estimated to contain up to 17 kilograms of gold at DRDGOLD’S Ergo Plant in Brakpan killing, Bart Coetzee, a long-serving security guard during an exchange of fire last October.

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