Aquarius Platinum cans Blue Ridge
Aquarius Platinum is to put its Blue Ridge mine on care and maintenance because of low rand platinum prices and will instead focus on development of Booysendal South.
Platinum Australia faces tough situation
Platinum Australia appears between a rock and a hard place given the labour unrest at Smokey Hills, which must perform at its best over the next two quarters to avoid a financial crunch.
Smokey Hills contractor killed by mob
UPDATED: An employee of a mining contractor at Platinum Australia’s Smokey Hills has been killed in the wake of ongoing labour unrest at the mine.
Implats cuts back at Marula mine
Impala Platinum is to retrench staff at Marula after putting proposed expansions on hold for at least two years because of persistent underperformance.
Platinum Australia has to deliver
Platinum Australia has produced a favourable prefeasibility study for its Rooderand project, but the junior has to prove its Smokey Hills mine is a success to be able to fund Rooderand.
Lonmin’s Karee faces lengthy standstill
Production at Lonmin’s Karee shaft could still be disrupted for several weeks as the company starts to dismiss 9,000 workers involved in an unprotected strike.
Operations resume at Eastplats mine
Eastern Platinum says operations have resumed at its Crocodile River mine, following labour unrest.
Lonmin to fire 9,000 striking workers
About 9,000 workers at Lonmin's Marikana operations in Rustenburg are to be served letters of dismissal, according to Lonmin CEO Ian Farmer.
State steps in as Wesizwe axes execs
The department of mineral resources has intervened after Wesizwe Platinum's new majority shareholder instituted a purge of the junior miner's executives.
Union’s internal strife halts Lonmin mine
Lonmin says a dispute among officials of the National Union of Mineworkers has resulted in an unprotected strike at the group's Marikana operations.