“ It’s been a whole month. The machines have stopped running, the workers are anxious, and the rectification requirements of the DMRE are like a huge mountain… What on earth should we do? ”
“ The submitted plan was rejected. DMRE said that we ’ lack professional commitment‘…”
In January 2025, a mine under a certain client was ordered to suspend production by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) of South Africa under Directive 54 due to its failure to fully comply with safety regulations, including questionable qualifications of operators of mobile mechanical equipment (TMM) without tracks, insufficient accident investigations, and the lack of professional knowledge of compliance by the legal responsible person. As the rectification plan submitted initially failed to reflect professional safety management commitments, the mine was shut down for more than a month, causing significant operating losses.
PeakPoint was entrusted with a critical mission and assisted the client in fully resuming production within 72 hours
Within three days of accepting the commission, PeakPoint Consulting Company achieved rapid resumption of production through the following measures:
– Comprehensive compliance review: Reconstruct the mine safety audit and accident investigation reports to ensure compliance with DMRE requirements;
– Compliance of legal appointments: Ensure that the qualifications of all responsible persons specified in Clause 4(1) and Clause 3(1)(a) are legal and valid;
– Professional communication and coordination: Draft a persuasive rectification action plan and directly connect with the DMRE supervisory body to accelerate the approval process.
Ultimately, the DMRE revoked Article 54 of the work stoppage order, allowing the mine to resume production without additional penalties.
PeakPoint offers transparent full-process consulting services, working hand in hand with clients to build a compliance operation capability system
The operational crises of many mines are often caused by unclear rectification plans, lack of compliance expertise or poor communication with regulatory authorities. The extension of the production suspension period has brought huge economic losses and pressure to the mine operators, making them even more at a loss. PeakPoint is committed to providing transparent full-process consulting services. It not only helps clients quickly resolve crises but also works hand in hand with them throughout the key links of the compliance process, assisting clients in learning relevant practical operation paradigms and skills, and building an autonomous operation capability system.
PeakPoint Consulting provides full-process compliance review, risk management and regulatory consulting services for South African mining enterprises. No matter what kind of mining-related crisis you are in, we will be online 24 hours a day to serve you.
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