Following 58 mine workers dying in South Africa in 2018, Kumba Iron Ore CE Themba Mkhawanazi on Tuesday drew attention to 2019 beginning globally with the tragic loss of life at Brumadinho, in Brazil, as a result of an iron-ore tailings dam collapse. Mkhwanazi said at the company’s presentation of 2018 that the tragedy brought home the reality of the risk in the mining industry and why the safety of its people should always come first. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video).