Goldfields

At the centre of it is London mining investor INIHC’s arbitration battle over the billion-dollar Black Volta gold project

Quick fixes are inadequate to prevent damage from gold mining’s legacy, but the long-term plan of treating AMD could relieve water shortages

Mining areas on the West Rand are ecologically dead because of poor rehabilitation

The government has to make tough decisions about social grants in the face of poor economic performance

Management remains committed to honouring the payouts in the wake of the accident but says what is owed to miners must be settled first.

The chance that the miners trapped underground at Vantage Goldfields’s Lily Mine will be found alive has faded along with the miners’ tapped signals.

Asset managers have advised mining companies to reign in the colossal salaries being awarded to chief executives.

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.

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.

Sibanye Gold says it has started talks that may lead to job cuts at its Beatrix West operation after an underground fire hit output and revenue.

Gold Fields will list most of its local assets as a separate company, testing investor appetite for a mining industry battered by labour unrest.

After nearly two months of wildcat strikes, mine workers are divided some are throwing in the towel, whereas others are sticking to high wage demands.

The myriad problems confronting South Africa come at a highly inconvenient time for the African National Congress, writes Rapule Tabane.

Widening talk of the dispute over pay issues escalating into a ‘crisis for capital’ is raising serious questions about who is behind it all.

Julius Malema is being helped to foment his "mining revolution" by ANC backers, according to senior youth league figures who continue to support him.