Strikes ends at Petmin’s Somkhele mine
Petmin’s Somkhele anthracite mine in KwaZulu-Natal is back in production after the
group’s mining contractor agreed to a restructuring of wage packages.
Can Mpumalanga’s mining and farming co-exist?
Mpumalanga needs both agriculture and mining to realise exponential economic
growth to meet its 2020 job targets, but the two sectors simply cannot co-exist.
NUM numbers 13% at Implats Rustenburg
UPDATED: The National Union of Mineworkers represents 13% of workers at Impala
Platinum in Rustenburg, according to a company letter (copy of letter included).
Stuart ‘King Rat’ Murray quits Aquarius Pt
Stuart Murray has resigned from Aquarius Platinum, the company he grew with
aplomb until the market turned down, savaging eleven years of work.
Talks on platinum bargaining forum start
Negotiations on the establishment of a central bargaining platform for the platinum
mining sector have commenced.
Talks to start on platinum bargaining forum
Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant will open the start of talks among platinum
employers on the creation of a central wage bargaining platform for the sector.
Under seige Amplats axes 12,000 jobs
As strike contagion spreads to its Amandelbult and Union mines, Anglo American
Platinum finally brings the axe down on 12,000 workers at its Rustenburg units.
Carroll takes up De Beers chair
Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American, has been appointed chairperson of diamond
business De Beers in which the UK-listed group recently extended control to 85%.
Strike forces Kumba’s Sishen to standstill
Production has been halted at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine while clients would
continue to be supplied from stockpiles at the mine and Saldanha Bay, it said.
Aquarius issues 2.9% of shares to ‘preserve’ BEE
Aquarius Platinum issues 2.9% of its stock - and says that it will issue more - to
preserve the 13% held by its BEE partners in a development that is ominous for SA
mining.