perf ormanc e of ICMM members has impr o v ed o v er the pas t decade with the de v elopment of the indus try leading good pr actic e critical c ontr ol management C CM pr oc es s as w ell as impr o v ed sharing and learning on saf ety ma tt ers among members Ho w e v er ICMM members ha v e not been able t o get t o z er o f a talities and serious incidents ha v e oc curr ed In 20 19 the ICMM hos t ed the biannual Health and Saf ety F orums a t which benchmarking and members saf ety perf ormanc e w as r eport ed T hese f orums f ocused on the enhanc ement of the C CM pr oc es s r ela t ed t o T SF s c ollision management and lifting oper a tions as w ell as the initia tion of a c ollabor a tiv e appr oach with Original E quipment Manuf actur ers OEMs r ela t ed t o v ehicle int er action T his r esult ed in the de v elopment of a c ollision management r esour c e in c onjunction with Earth Mo ving E quipment Saf ety R ound T able Good ef orts w er e made in c oming t o a c ommon unders tanding of the main r easons f or the c ontinued pr e v alenc e of f a talities in the indus try as w ell as wha t c ould be done c ollectiv ely t o addr es s them In addition the ICMM initia t ed engagement with OEMs on the t echnologies link ed t o health In 20 19 the ICMM de v eloped a self as ses smentbased s ta tus r e vie w of member e xperienc es in addr es sing one of the eight r easons f or f a talities and cr ea t ed an oper a tion f ocused w orkshop t o sho w case ho w c ompanies ar e implementing C CM T he Miner als C ouncil member c ompanies c ontinue t o participa t e in the ICMM VI initia tiv e In Sept ember 20 19 one of the Miner als C ouncil member allo y c ompanies hos t ed the ICMM members a t an e v ent wher e the full implementa tion of c ollision a v oidanc e a t their mining oper a tions w as demons tr a t ed f or both under gr ound and surf ac e mining T his demons tr a t ed the pr ogr es s tha t has been made in South A frica MINING INDUS TR Y A S SOCIA TION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA MIA S A T he Miner als C ouncil c ontinued t o pla y a k e y r ole a t the Mining Indus try As socia tion of Southern A frica MIA S A a r egional body of the v arious Chambers of Mines within the S ADC r egion which include Bots w ana Democr a tic R epublic of C ongo Madagascar Mala wi Namibia South A frica T anzania Zambia and Zimbab w e T he Miner als C ouncil r emains the cus t odian of the MIA S A Secr etaria t ensuring tha t all its nec es sary adminis tr a tiv e functions ar e efcient and ef ectiv e MIA S A w as ins trumental in the es tablishment of the As socia tion of Chambers of Mines and other Mining As socia tions in A frica A CMMA A the c ontinental r epr esenta tiv e of mining and r ela t ed busines ses tha t will engage the A frican Union and A frican heads of s ta t e T he MIA S A Ex ecutiv e Secr etary w as appoint ed as the Secr etary Gener al of A CMMA A He will c ontinue t o be based a t the Miner als C ouncil and will giv e the nec es sary support f or A CMMA A activities T he Miner als C ouncil pla y ed a k e y r ole in setting the agenda f or k e y lobb ying is sues tha t af ect the mining indus try in the S ADC r egion and A frica as whole In 20 19 MIA S A guided b y the r esear ch and input fr om the Miner als C ouncil submitt ed c omments t o the S ADC Secr etaria t on the pr oposed R egional Mining V ision tha t w as adopt ed b y the S ADC Heads of S ta t e Summit in T anzania T he Miner als C ouncil led the discus sions in the f ormula tion of the MIA S A position s ta t ements and initia tiv es on the f ollo wing k e y t opics tha t af ect the mining indus try R esour c e Na tionalism and its impact on Mining P olic y in A frica OECD T ax Pr oposals on the Digital E c onom y Implica tions f or Mining C ountries MIA S A position on Illicit Financial T r ade T uber culosis in the Mining Sect or TIMS Some of these is sues w er e pr esent ed a t the No v ember 20 19 A CMMA A Gener al As sembly as pr oposals f or adoption b y the As socia tion MIA S A also fnalised the A CMMA A c ons titution which w as adopt ed and signed b y all r egional members a t the No v ember 20 19 Gener al As sembly In A ugus t 20 19 MIA S A held its biennial electiv e meeting in Mala wi and R oger Baxt er the Miner als C ouncil CEO w as elect ed as the ne w MIA S A Pr esident f or a period of tw o y ears P age 6 3 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19