Rio Tinto completes Alcan Packaging divestment
Resources giant Rio Tinto has wrapped up the divestment of its Alcan Packaging business with the completion of sales of its two outstanding assets.
Shanduka workers down tools
Hundreds of workers at Shanduka Resources' coal mines have downed tools claiming the company had to centralise its bargaining in order to harmonise working conditions at all collieries.
Indian firms rescue SA coal juniors
Both Homeland Energy and South African Coal Mining Holdings are being rescued financially by their new, controlling Indian shareholders.
Anglo sells Aussie coal assets for $500m
Resources giant Anglo American has agreed to sell its interests in five underdeveloped coal assets in Australia for about $500m.
AngloPlat still out in the cold
Anglo Platinum has still not converted any of its old order mining rights into new order mining rights more than two years after Anglo American CEO Cynthia Carroll reckoned the situation was sorted.
Miners agree to cut ferrochrome price
Ferrochrome producers in South Africa, the world's largest producer, have agreed to a 4% fall in the third quarter contract settlement price, Merafe Resources says.
Shiva Uranium wastes no time cutting jobs
Shiva Uranium, who took over Uranium One's Dominium Reefs Mine, has wasted no time cutting jobs at the mine despite promising the Competition Commission that no job losses would result from the takeover.
Eskom to hold briefing on wage negotiations
Power utility Eskom will hold a briefing on wage negotiations with the National Union of Mineworkers and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA as the unions confirmed strike notices.
Aquarius shares dented by safety review
Shares in Aquarius Platinum are down more than 7% after the company said a safety review at its Blue Ridge Mine in Mpumalanga would have a negative impact on production in the short term.
Diamond juniors push ahead with Botswana projects
Both African Diamonds and Firestone Diamonds are getting stuck into their new diamond mining projects in Botswana.