The National Union of Mineworkers and Xstrata have reached an agreement on the mining group’s employee share ownership plan.

South Africa’s debate on the question of nationalising mines is discouraging investment, but the policy will be clear by mid-2012.

South Africa’s department of mineral resources will require boards of mining companies to submit reports on health and safety.

The department of mineral resources has not been biased in its dealings on the Sishen mining rights, director general Sandile Nogxina said.

Africa’s efforts to derive greater benefits from its mineral wealth were boosted on Wednesday with the launch of South Africa’s first black-owned diamond-cutting and -polishing…

South Africa plans to extend its crackdown on mine safety and may prosecute mine managers if fatal accidents are caused by negligence. ”I don’t think the mine managers are doing…