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Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
versión On-line ISSN 2411-9717
versión impresa ISSN 2225-6253
Resumen
NEINGO, P.N. y THOLANA, T.. Trends in productivity in the South African gold mining industry. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. [online]. 2016, vol.116, n.3, pp.283-290. ISSN 2411-9717. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2016/v116n3a10.
Mining companies globally are currently facing severe economic and financial challenges. In addition to global challenges, the South African mining industry has to face other operational challenges that are unique to the country and which threaten the survival and competitiveness of the industry. Profit margins are being squeezed by rising costs and decreasing commodity prices, while labour productivity is greatly affected by intermittent labour unrest. This paper analyses how the South African gold mining industry has performed pre-, during, and post the global financial crisis of 2008. The competitiveness of the industry in terms of labour productivity and industry cost curve position is analysed for the period 2006-2013 to assess the impacts of both the global financial crisis and labour unrest. An analysis of the South African gold mining industry is presented at company as well as mine level. Productivity measure in this paper is limited to labour productivity, in line with limited reporting on productivity. All the data analysed was obtained from the public domain.
Palabras clave : gold mining sector; competitiveness; productivity; industry cost curve; labour availability; labour utilization.
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