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JOHANNESBURG (Thomson Financial) - South Africa's mining industry, which records an average of 200 fatalities every year, is seeking to reduce death rates by at least 20 percent by 2013, the chamber of mines said.'To be world class by 2013, an annual milestone of reducing fatality rates by at least 20 percent a year is needed,' the chamber's chief executive, Zoli Diliz, said in a report to a conference on sustainable development in mining. 'Mining is dangerous, but this is no excuse for harming people.'At least six miners have died on duty in the last fortnight and a group of 23 illegal miners were recently killed in a fire at a disused shaft in the central Free State.The National Mineworkers Union has reiterated threats to launch a strike over safety, although it has yet to set any date for the stoppage.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comra/ms1COPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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