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Naive to think labour ructions isolated: Holland

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Gold Fields CEO, Nick Holland, said labour unrest on the country’s platinum mines was a national issue and suggested the labour landscape was changing.

Chamber, Amcu to talk as strike spreads

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UPDATED: The Chamber of Mines will meet trade union Amcu for the first time on Wednesday. Meanwhile, some workers at Royal Bafokeng Platinum have reportedly downed tools.

SA platinum faces “toxic mix’ as it plots union talks

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The platinum sector’s relations with labour have been described as a toxic mix of politics, union complacency and management failure.

BHP to review Olympic Dam project as China slows

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BHP Billiton put the brakes on its $20bn Olympic Dam project and could halt up to $60bn more as it books its first profit decline in three years on slowing China demand.

Implats postpones NUM, Amcu count as tensions rise

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Impala Platinum’s plans to verify the support that controversial union Amcu has on its Rustenburg mine has been postponed two weeks as the atmosphere there is tense.

Idle Lonmin to plea with bankers

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Lonmin will have to ask its bankers for some leniency on its loan conditions, or request shareholders for a capital injection, while its main operating asset is standing still.

Market to focus on BHP’s capex guidance

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Having already addressed the market’s concerns over writedowns of its shale business, focus will turn to BHP’s capex plans and whether any of its large projects will be deferred.

Village Main’s Buffels may get the chop

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The future of Village Main Reef’s Buffelsfontein mine is once again up in the air following an announcement that the group has embarked on a review of the viability of the mine.

“We’re in a state of emergency’ – RBPlat

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Royal Bafokeng Platinum CEO Steve Phiri says the company isn’t taking any chances on security, following wage demands from rock drill operators at the company’s BRPM mine.

Manica won’t pay for Pan African’s Evander deal

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Pan African Resources says it will soon announce final details on the spin-off of its Manica project in Mozambique, but the proceeds won’t go towards payment for Evander.