CoAL hit by 22% wage increase demand
Coal of Africa’s Mooiplaats colliery has been hit by a strike over wages, the company
says, sending the group’s share price to a new low.
Forbes Coal buys Rio Tinto’s ZAC
Forbes & Manhattan Coal is buying global diversified miner Rio Tinto’s majority stake
in Zululand Anthracite Colliery for an estimated R440m.
Great Basin granted $35m loan
Great Basin Gold has been granted a $35m working capital loan by its existing
lenders.
Amplats still hit by no-shows
Anglo American Platinum has extended its deadline for workers to return for duty
until Monday.
NUM sends ‘SOS’ over imminent strikes
The increases achieved by striking workers at Lonmin have ignited the fuse at many
of the country’s other mines, says the National Union of Mineworkers.
Village Main’s Buffels spared the axe
Village Main Reef’s Buffelsfontein mine will stay in business, with the higher gold
price and improved production offering the mine lifeline, for now.
AngloGold workers on strike at Kopanang
Workers have embarked on an illegal strike at gold producer AngloGold Ashanti’s
Kopanang mine, reports Reuters.
Zuma calls in the troops
President Jacob Zuma has authorised the deployment of the SANDF to maintain law
and order in the platinum rich areas of the North West province.
Lonmin wage hikes insubstantial
Most Lonmin workers will not be that much better off than they were before the six-
week strike that started on August 10.
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.