Exorbitant wage demands likely to continue
Double digit wage demands of the exorbitant sort are likely to remain a feature of wage negotiations for years to come.
Fiery Shabangu revisits skirmish with Anglo
Mines minister Susan Shabangu, may be edging towards the end of her tenure as mines minister, but she found the time to duel with an Anglo executive again.
AMCU rolls the dice in zero sum game
January 23 marks the first day of a 70,000-strong platinum industry strike that will prove grievous for workers the longer it continues.
Anatomy of a strike no-one can truly win
SA's platinum sector will be back to strikes as AMCU makes its move in this most decisive of times for the
union. But who can win this high-stakes 'game' of poker'?
AMCU failure may cast SA mines into chaos
AMCU needs to moderate its demands in order to succeed both for its members and the mining sector - or run the risk it be replaced by worker committees.
Sibanye growth will be a test of discipline
Opportunities beckon for Neal Froneman's Sibanye Gold, but he will need to rein in his natural expansionary instinct in favour of a more conservative approach.
Northam Pt unlikely to mine until 2014
As the mourning period for the late Nelson Mandela morphs into year-end holidays, there's a real risk Northam could lose up to R700m in revenue.
Blame managers for gold share slump
Managers have forgotten the art of hands-on leadership which is one of the reasons gold shares have massively under-performed the gold price.
Motlanthe deal ignored in Northam deadlock
Kgalema Motlanthe's framework agreement has been forgotten in the midst of an arm-wrestle between Northam Platinum and the National Union of Mineworkers.
AMCU, NUM enmity worsens in ‘platinum war’
The rivalry between AMCU and the NUM is worsening in such a way that not even government leaders, warning of lasting economic damage, can talk them round to reason.