Lonmin suffers cable theft – pics
These images show significant copper cable that was stolen from Lonmin's operations during the strike earlier this year and which has impeded its ramp-up activities.
Amplats may hook Atlatsa partnership
Anglo American Platinum's Pandora joint venture has been added to the list of dispensable assets while a partnership with Atlatsa's Bokoni mines may be ended.
Zimplats mine collapse raises ground concerns
Zimplats suffered a major set-back after its biggest mine - Bimha - collapsed, a development that will see the loss of 45,000 ounces of platinum group metals.
RBPlat, NUM lift gloom with 9.1% wage pact
Royal Bafokeng Platinum will pay its lowest paid underground workers 9.5% to 10.5% for the first three years of a five-year deal that also links in productivity.
Platinum surge on restocking, restructuring
The platinum price has gained ground in the week following the strike resolution which analysts said was perhaps not entirely unexpected.
Pallinghurst kept waiting for platinum gap
Pallinghurst said it would wait for an uptick in the platinum market before listing its Sedibelo Platinum Mines. However, when will that be given the stasis in the platinum price?
Platinum firms warn profits ‘constrained’
South Africa's three largest platinum producers Amplats, Implats and Lonmin brought the curtain down on a five-month strike and warned conditions remained tough.
AMCU extracts 3-year platinum wage deal
Platinum producers were hopeful of getting miners back this week after the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union said it would sign a three year wage deal.
Strike over
The Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union will bring the curtain down on the five-month strike in the platinum sector on June 24, sources say.
AMCU foils deal with R1bn in extra demands
Miners have flooded back to the platinum belt in anticipate of work, but they are due to be frustrated as fresh union demands raise the likelihood of a 22nd week of striking.