Malema to agitate for higher mines salaries
Julius Malema's new political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, would agitate for a basic mineworkers wage of R12,500, it has been reported.
African Barrick sued for mine deaths
African Barrick Gold is being sued in London over deaths and injuries to Tanzanian villagers at the gold firm's North Mara mine, law firm Leigh Day & Co. said.
De Beers forecasts output of 27.9m carats
De Beers forecast production for its 2013 financial year to be 27.9 million carats, matching the previous year's output.
Investors sceptical of Zim election
Investors said government change in Zimbabwe could lead to fresh investment, but they were sceptical Robert Mugabe would be dislodged.
AMCU refusal creates parallel wage talks
AMCU's refusal to hand gold industry wage talks over to the CCMA would result in parallel wage talks.
AngloGold Ashanti raises $1.25bn in bond
AngloGold Ashanti said its corporate bond had been three times oversubscribed, enough for it to raise $1.25bn.
Fraud scandal rocks R105bn Medupi project
A sub-contractor has been charged with fraud relating to welding work on the boilders of the R105bn Medupi power project.
Aquarius Pt to keep ops mothballed
Aquarius Platinum said it would keep three of its mines in mothballs owing to the difficulties in the platinum market.
Miranda wins appeal over Rozynenbosch
Miranda Minerals is to review a silver, zinc and copper prospect in the Northern Cape after successfully appealing a 2006 DMR decision it could not prospect it.
Zambia to renegotiate power agreements
Zambia wants to renegotiate power supply agreements with mining companies such as Glencore Xstrata and Vedanta Resources.