Mantashe scolds Gold Fields for “acting in bad faith” over South...
SOUTH African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, expressed his dissatisfaction with the manner in which Gold Fields had handled the proposed retrenchment of 1,520 employees,...
DMR commissions urgent study into risk to pipeline security by illegal...
SOUTH Africa's Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) said there was "no immediate threat" by illegal mining to oil and gas pipeline infrastructure in Johannesburg,...
Barrick may take collective approach to resolving Tanzanian tax dispute
MARK Bristow, the incoming CEO of Barrick Gold, said it was "not a bad idea" for Tanzania's mining industry to use a collective approach in...
Atmosphere ‘tense’ but violence levels lowered at Sibanye-Stillwater gold mines
RELATIVE calm had been established at the South African gold mines of Sibanye-Stillwater where a strike was called by the Association of Mineworkers &...
Failing to employ women runs skills and image risk for world...
OF the many perception battles the world’s mining industry is combating, the role of woman in the sector is among the most pressing.
Roughly 17% of...
Exxaro’s Nombasa Tsengwa treads unusual path from botany to coal mining
THE line between environmentalists and mining executives is normally a clear, decisive one. Unless, of course, you’re Nombasa Tsengwa, who is both coal mining leader...
Sibanye-Stillwater wins interdict against unions in bid to avoid repeat of...
EFFORTS to bring calm roughly 24 hours after an employee was killed in a protest at Sibanye-Stillwater's Beatrix mine in the Free State province...
Cash burn at South Deep hits R120m as Gold Fields laments...
GOLD Fields had suffered cash burn of R120m to date as a result of a strike by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) -...
DMR studying historic High Court ruling in favour of Xolobeni community
SOUTH Africa's Department of Minerals Resources (DMR) was "studying" a landmark judgement by the High Court (Pretoria) today which ruled the DMR must obtain...
Miner killed, night shifts halted as AMCU strike at Sibanye-Stillwater starts...
A STRIKE at the gold mines of Sibanye-Stillwater got off to the worst possible start last night as an employee was shot dead and...