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Harmony Gold says critics must see wage pact in context of...

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HARMONY Gold’s three-year wage deal signed with unions on Thursday was absent any of the pyrotechnics of previous wage negotiations. There wasn’t a single...

From ‘Boardroom 606’ to Zoom: how wage talks have changed for...

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COLLECTIVE bargaining in South Africa's mining sector has been under the auspices of the Chamber of Mines (now Minerals Council South Africa) since 1915. Inclusive...

RBM violence another example of how poorly resourced police force is...

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A JOINT business and government effort to improve socio-economic conditions in the Northern Cape’s mining district is the first of a national effort that...

A smelting and refining agreement is a critical piece of PTM’s...

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PLATINUM Group Metals (PTM) CEO, Mike Jones, doesn’t lack for optimism. You don’t get to build companies or mines in the way he has...

It’s been sixteen years yet South Africa is still fighting over...

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IT'S sixteen years since the Mining Charter was adopted by the South African mining sector, the country's Government, and trade unions. Not quite a...

Why would Gold Fields’ shareholders agree to a merger with Sibanye-Stillwater?

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IT seems Neal Froneman is on the takeover trail again and, according to Miningmx is looking "... to reboot Sibanye-Stillwater’s flagging gold narrative" through...

Why hasn’t Neal Froneman made a knockout bid for AngloGold Ashanti?...

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IT’S curious that Sibanye-Stillwater hasn’t made a bid for AngloGold Ashanti. Still without a permanent CEO, and with a share price that underperformed many of...

SA mining ready to use networks, infrastructure, and know-how in Covid-19...

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SOUTH Africa’s mining industry could do its brand another good turn this year if Government decides to use the sector’s networks to distribute Covid-19...

What kind of company will Glencore become under new CEO Gary...

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WHAT kind of company will Glencore be under the management of Gary Nagle? According to Ivan Glasenberg, the group’s current, long-serving CEO, much the same...

AngloGold is vulnerable whilst the question of a permanent CEO remains...

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UNTIL the recent correction in the gold price, AngloGold Ashanti heavily under-performed the GDX, the Van Eck exchange traded fund, and peer group companies. On...