MANTRA CLINCHES ONE MILLION HOURS OF NO LOST TIME INJURY IN 2 YEARS

Mantra Tanzania Managing Director Asa Mwaipopo (right) hands over a T-shirt showing number of hours recorded by the mining company without Lost Time Injury in its two years of operations, to the company’s Senior Environmental Officer Robinson Mshana. The T-shirts are meant to remind Mantra Tanzania workers to observe safety rules during their day-to-day operations. 

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Mantra clinches one million hours of no Lost Time Injury in 2 years

By Staff Reporter.

MANTRA Tanzania has continued to build its reputation in the mining industry with adherence to the highest level of safety standards at its Mkuju River Project (MRP) in Namtumbo district, Ruvuma region recording a total of one million hours of no Lost Time Injury (LTI) in two years. According to a statement issued by the Mantra Tanzania Managing Director Asa Mwaipopo in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the achievement is a clear testimony of the company’s commitment to continue adhering to all the safety standards at the work place.

“We have been able to record one millions hours of no Lost Time Injury (LTI) at our Mkuju River Project  from 522,868 hrs recorded in the same period last year. “This is a milestone in the history of the company and this would not have been achieved without the engagement of all the stakeholders of the project. Our biggest task is now to ensure that we keep a clean safety record so as to record more positive results,” he said.

Mwaipopo said the company’s milestone achievement has been realised by adhering to the correct safety work procedures as well as assessing possible hazards and risk before and during the task. “Our “usalama kwanza” (Safety First) slogan has also proved effective in developing a common approach and attitude towards safety at work place. This achievement is a result of team effort by Mantra personnel, contractors and management,” he said.

Mwaipopo said his company will continue to ensure that all people involved in day- to -day operations of the company are well protected and are safe from any kind of danger that might be caused by their job, adding that the company is focused to achieve another milestone of up to two million hours without a lost time injury. Mantra Tanzania has already secured an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) from the National Environment Management Council (NEMC) for its Mkuju River Project and is now waiting for a license to fully operate the project.

The project will be the first major mining development project within South Eastern Tanzania and the very first uranium mining project in the country and  will help generate Foreign Direct Investment of up to $ 1bn as well as $640m inform of royalties. Mantra has demonstrated to be a tax compliant mining company whereby it has been awarded for two consecutive years (2011 and 2012) by Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) as overall winner tax compliant company in Kinondoni District.   

The company has already invested in local skills development for youths in surrounding communities by sponsoring local youths to study technical education and thus be employed when operations commence after the end of construction of the project which is expected to take up to two years.