Rio Tinto may list diamond division
Rio Tinto may list its diamond assets in London after failing to find a buyer for them, Bloomberg News reported.
SA become world’s protest headquarters: Vavi
Zwelinzima Vavi, general-secretary of Cosatu, asked members to scale back the politics and focus on serving members amid fears of grinding poverty in the country.
CoM backs Zuma’s call for mines solidarity
The Chamber of Mines of South Africa said it supported a call by President Jacob Zuma to pool collective strengths to save jobs and grow the mining sector.
Xstrata chrome hit by wildcat strike
Production at three sites owned by Glencore Xstrata's chrome division has been disrupted by wildcat strike activity that started on May 28, the company said.
NUM did not agree to Sibanye layoffs
The National Union of Mineworkers said it had only agreed to voluntary retrenchments at Sibanye Gold's Beatrix West section.
NUM has 90 days to win back support
The National Union of Mineworkers has 90 days to win back support and retain its offices at Lonmin following a court order yesterday.
Rand to test R10 against dollar
The threat of labour disruptions in the mining sector and disappointing growth data is expected to push the rand towards 10 to the dollar.
Uganda losing to illegal gold mining
Uganda's growing gold industry was losing millions of shillings a year as artisanal, illegal mining kept pace with official production growth.
Govt, Eskom coal fund for BEEs criticised
A coal fund, to be administered by Eskom and aimed at helping start-up ventures and consolidation in the industry, has been criticised by a coal expert.
“Crony class” benefiting from minerals regime
James Lorimer, MP for the DA, responded to mines minister Susan Shabangu's budget vote speech saying only a 'crony class' benefited from the regulatory regime.