Sit-ins end at two SA platinum mines

A sit-in by workers over a wage dispute that halted production at a South African platinum mine earlier this week ended late on Thursday.

African Rainbow to expand into Southern Africa

African Rainbow Minerals plans to invest in projects in Zimbabwe as part of its expansion into Southern Africa, a company official said.

ARM earnings decline on reduced sales

African Rainbow Minerals on Monday reported a drop in full-year headline earnings, hit by a drop in sales and prices.

ARM's year earnings surge on metals

Diversified mining group African Rainbow Minerals full-year earnings jumped due to strong metal prices and the group gave a bright outlook on Monday.

Two Rivers platinum mine faces strike

South Africa's biggest mineworkers' union may call a strike at the jointly owned Two Rivers platinum mine over disputes which include wages.

Workers protest over Assmang blast deaths

An explosion that ripped through a ferromanganese smelter near Durban on Sunday and claimed the lives of five people sparked protests by workers as a Labour Department inquiry into workers' exposure to poisonous fumes was about to start on Monday morning.

Govt to start Assmang inquiry on Monday

A formal inquiry by the Department of Labour into the exposure of poisonous fumes at a Cato Ridge manganese company will begin on Monday. The inquiry follows six cases of manganism that were reported at the Assmang plant. Manganism is acquired by overexposure to airborne manganese.

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