Traditionally, this year too, on the eve of August 28 – Miners’ Day, SASA Mine will provide cash prizes and suitable gifts for its 760-plus employees. In addition, a total of 122 employees, including the best miner in SASA for the past year, as well as those who made a special contribution to occupational safety and health and to the safe and stable production, will receive additional cash prizes, gifts and acknowledgments.
Wishing a Happy Miners Day to all SASA employees, as well as to those working in the whole domestic mining industry, the general director of SASA Christopher Colbourne said: “We are proud of all we have done as a team over the past period, particularly in the area of safety and well-being of the employees, who were and will remain our highest priority and constant concern. With great efforts from everyone and the continuous support we receive from Central Asia Metals, SASA will continue on the path of success and sustainable development in the coming period, ensuring the well-being of its employees, supporting the local community and contributing to the prosperity of the country. The new capital projects worth over 40 million dollars, in the implementation of which we are making significant progress, and which will ensure a safe, environmentally responsible, and stable operation of SASA in the coming years, are crucial for such sustainable development.”
This year, as part of its continued concern and support for the community, SASA has decided to cancel all internal festivities related to the celebration of Miners Day and to earmark the planned funds for a project to increase traffic safety in the local community. For the conception and realisation of this project in the next period SASA will establish communication and cooperation with competent domestic institutions and organisations in this segment. This decision of the SASA follows the frequent traffic accidents with tragic consequences that have recently occurred in this region of the country.
The SASA lead and zinc mine is Macedonia’s largest underground mine. Since November 2017, SASA has been part of Central Asia Metals Plc, an international mining company listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM: CAML). Since the entry of Central Asia Metals, around 60 million dollars have been invested in SASA in new mining equipment, in modernization and digitalization of technological processes, in safety, standards and working conditions in the mine, as well as in professional development and education of employees. Through its Foundation for the Support of Sustainable Development, SASA invests more than 400,000 dollars every year in various areas important for the lives and prosperity of people and the local community, such as: education, science, environment, health care and vulnerable social groups.