Amplats workers react to retrenchments with planned strike

Workers of Anglo American Platinum, the world's top platinum producer, will down tools after the company handed out 3 300 dismissal notices.

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• Platinum turmoil may shutter Rustenburg
• Amplats to cut 4 800 jobs
• Miners gather at Amplats over 6 900 job cuts
• Bodies of trapped Amplats miners found

Goldplat chief executive Lamming steps down

Goldplat chief executive Russell Lamming has stepped down and Ian Visagie will take over in the interim with immediate effect, says the company.

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Experts grill proposed changes to SA's mining laws

The state's interests have gone head-to-head with those of investors in the wrangling over proposed changes to South Africa's mining laws.

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NUM, Solidarity, Uasa sign wage agreement

A wage settlement between gold producers and a few unions in the gold industry has been agreed upon, said the Chamber of Mines.

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Unions reach wage agreement with two gold mines

Gold producers Evander Gold and Village Main Reef have reached agreement with the NUM and the United Association of SA, says the Chamber of Mines.

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NUM denies dropping wage increase demand to 10%

The NUM says reports that it dropped its demands are not true, adding that its strike in the gold sector has had an "overwhelming" response.

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Unions and mine bosses in war of words ahead of strikes

Union leaders have warned that mine owners' handling of pay talks could provoke violence in Tuesday's strikes in the gold sector.

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Platinum turmoil may shutter Rustenburg

Mining unrest has rattled South Africa, but turmoil has been a hammer blow to the platinum belt, calling into question the future of an entire city.

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NUM rejects Chamber of Mines's final offer

While the NUM has dismissed gold miners' final wage increase offer, Solidarity says it needs more time to consult with its members first.

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Gold mines table final wage offer of 6.5%

Gold mining companies have tabled their final wage offer to all labour unions within the sector, offering a basic increase of 6.5%.

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Miners gather at Amplats over 6 900 job cuts

Around 2 000 mineworkers converged at an Anglo American Platinum mine over plans to cut 6 900 jobs amid unrest in the sector.

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Sibanye Gold plans to shed 1 600 jobs

At least 1 600 jobs could be affected at Sibanye Gold as it restructures its support services, says the company.

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NUM will not join Marikana commemoration

The National Union of Mineworkers will not take part in the Marikana commemorations, it said.

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Amcu declared official majority union at Lonmin

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has been formally recognised as the majority union at Lonmin.

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Coal trading soars as wage negotiations spook buyers

SA's coal trading has hit a six-week high as buyers stocked up on the mineral ahead of their winters after unions declared a wage dispute.

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Sibanye Gold won’t pay above-inflation wage increase

Sibanye Gold says it will refuse to raise wages above the rate of inflation as gold producers and unions remain locked in talks over pay.

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Goldfield's Sibanye Gold decision pays off as profit soars

Goldfield's decision to spin its SA operations off and create Sibanye Gold appears to be paying off after it reported a 63% profit increase.

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Village Main Reef falls in trading after suspending mine funding

After investing hundreds of millions on its Blyvooruitzicht mine, the gold producer has declared the operation unsustainable.

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Bodies of trapped Amplats miners found

The bodies of two mineworkers trapped underground after a rockfall at Anglo American Platinum's Bathopele mine in Rustenburg have been located.

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