Panel appointed to drive platinum labour debate
UPDATED: The panel, mandated by the Chamber of Mines, will open discussion on
centralised bargaining and socio-economic issues that relate to platinum mining.
Amplats issues ultimatum to workers
Anglo American Platinum has issued an ultimatum to striking workers, saying its
employees are compelled to report for duty from Thursday evening.
Petmin keen to advance Canadian pig iron play
Petmin’s Canadian pig iron project is shaping up as the company’s preferred
development play for advancement and has set aside some R90m to further the
project.
Great Basin buys time as suitors mull Burnstone
The Canadian firm is hoping to win time to seal the sale of its Burnstone mine for
which there are two potential suitors.
BHP sees no repeat of iron ore imbalance
BHP Billiton says it doesn’t expect a repeat of the "spectacular imbalance' between
steel supply and Chinese demand, according to a Reuters report.
Gold Fields strike hangs in balance
The fate of some 15,000 Gold Fields workers turns on eleventh-hour discussions,
with the gold producer ready to serve its third and final ultimatum.
Lonmin pitches bonus to break wage impasse
Sapa reports that Lonmin has offered R1,500 in a one-off bonus in order to break the
six week strike. This and other updates from the wire agencies on the strike talks
progress.
Amplats’s Griffith: “Let’s learn from gold’
Miners operating in platinum have much to learn from their peers in gold, according
to Anglo American Platinum CEO Chris Griffith.
Malema frog-marched as settlement hopes grow
Julius Malema is frog-marched from Marikana where he hoped to address about
2,000 striking Lonmin workers on a day when the prospect of a wage settlement
flickered encouragingly.
Lonmin strike over
UPDATED: Striking miners at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine have accepted a company offer of a 22% overall pay increase.