Wesizwe Platinum miners hold sit-in at Bakubung amid restructuring
A TROUBLED 24 months for Wesizwe Platinum intensified on Thursday when employees, completing their night shift, staged an underground sit-in.
The company, which is 45% controlled by...
Sibanye-Stillwater secures 45% of SA renewable power target
SIBANYE-Stillwater said it had procured 178MW of renewable power from two projects taking total wind and solar power supplied to its South African mines...
PGM miners face fight for survival if price downturn persists
A DASH for cash might be on the cards for South Africa’s haemorrhaging platinum group metals (PGM) sector if current spot prices persist for...
Total fatalities in Rustenburg accident now at 13, says Implats
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) said today another employee involved in last week's Rustenburg 11 Shaft accident had passed away. This takes to 13 the number of employees...
Pilanesberg Platinum closes as price slump claims scalp
LOW platinum group metal (PGM) prices have claimed another scalp with Pilanesberg Platinum Mines (PPM) telling employees the operation would close from Friday (December...
Southern Palladium appoints former Minerals Council CEO as chair
ROGER Baxter, the former CEO of South Africa's Minerals Council, has been appointed non-executive chair of Southern Palladium.
The Johannesburg-listed exploration firm said on November...
Sibanye-Stillwater to cut 287 jobs at US mine as palladium halves
THE grim prospects for the palladium price has forced Sibanye-Stillwater into a fresh round of restructuring at its US mine Stillwater Mining.
Sibanye-Stillwater announced today...
Implats shuts Rustenburg Mines as it counts cost of tragedy
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) is to suspend production at its Rustenburg Mines for two days while it runs competency checks on winder equipment at other...
Eleven miners killed, 75 injured in Implats Rustenburg accident
ELEVEN miners lost their lives and a further 75 were injured in an accident on Monday afternoon at 11 shaft in Impala Platinum's (Implats') Rustenburg...
Wesizwe Platinum to cut jobs at “bloated” Bakubung mine
THE jobs bloodbath in South Africa's platinum group metal (PGM) sector worsened on Monday after Wesizwe Platinum said it planned to restructure its "bloated"...