Funerals begin for victims of Newtown shooting
Mourners in Newtown, Connecticut, headed for the first two of 20 funerals of the schoolchildren shot dead by 20-year-old Adam Lanza.
Anglo American to face SA silicosis hearing
Anglo American will face a hearing next year to determine if it’s liable for miners who contracted silicosis while working in its gold shafts.
‘Miner Spring’ may lead to more unrest
Our mining industry is being sucked into a vicious cycle as labour unrest spreads, with steep wage demands that the industry cannot afford.
Amplats loss-making shafts labour militancy
Amplats has signalled it plans to trim loss-making shafts as producers of the metal grapple with depressed prices and a rise in union militancy.
Africa turns the tide on doomsday predictions
A decade ago, doomsday forecasts asserted the Aids pandemic would sharply curtail African economic growth but two countries have forced a rethink.
Police called in to cope with rioting miners
Riot police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon at striking miners who went on the rampage at Impala Platinum’s Rustenburg plant.
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AngloGold bears loss in revamped mining safety standards
AngloGold Ashanti has become the latest miner to report a surge in output-disrupting safety stops as it unveiled a fall in fourth quarter earnings.
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NUM threatens to strike over wages at Eskom
NUM workers at Eskom are preparing to strike after wage talks failed, but Eskom says it is protected by its status as an essential service provider.
Shabangu confident SA will exceed mining transformation target
Mining Minister Susan Shabangu is confident a government-set ownership target for blacks in the mining sector will be exceeded.
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Talks aim to end SA coal, gold sector strikes
Striking coal and gold miners will meet the Chamber of Mines in a bid to end strikes that have cost the country tens of millions of dollars.
