Kgosi’s role in vanishing billions
An inquiry reveals that mining houses, auditors, lawyers, the traditional authority and the North West government watched as the law was ignored
Anglo Platinum
Unions up the ante in talks
The platinum sector wage negotiations are seeing a mixed bag of demands and counter-offers
Palladium surge helps to save miners
The hike in the price of the sister metal has helped to turn around the fortunes of several local companies
Climate of fear grips Amcu ‘rebels’
Union leader Joseph Mathunjwa’s opponents say he is a ‘vampire’ and a ‘dangerous capitalist’
Broken trust in Mapela – the people, the kgoshi and the cool R175m
The Mapela community has resolved to take legal action to overturn a R175m mining deal signed between their chief and an Anglo Platinum subsidiary.
Amplats may sell SA mines as strike hits profit
Anglo American Platinum, may sell some mines after profits for the first half of the year fell 88%, following a five-month strike.
NW premier condemns petrol bombing incident in platinum belt
Supra Mahumapelo has called on communities in Sefikile, in the platinum belt, to exercise restraint after two houses were allegedly petrol bombed.
NUM tells miners to stay home in the face of Amcu intimidation
The NUM says its members will not return to work at the platinum mines until "conditions are safe and the intimidation" by Amcu stops.
Amcu’s Mathunjwa: It’s like Marikana all over again
Joseph Mathunjwa is worried about what is happening in the platinum belt, saying it is reminiscent of the run-up to the Marikana massacre.
EFF to donate R50k to mining-strike fund
A fund to help mineworkers will receive a boost as residents and businesses in the North West platinum belt continue to face economic hardships.
Amplats tables new wage offer
Amplats have made a new wage offer to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union in a bid to end the ongoing strike in the platinum sector.
Platinum miners reject Amcu’s revised wage demand
In the first sign of compromise by the union during wage strikes this year, Amcu has revised its demand. But firms say it is still too high.
Platinum producers take strike pain for cost-control gain
Platinum miners would rather endure the "short-term pain" of losing millions each day than give up ground on a wage settlement.
Platinum wage talks set to resume
Wage negotiations between major platinum producers and Amcu collapsed last week but are expected to begin again on Tuesday as the strike continues.
Impasse in platinum negotiations
Negotiations between the world’s three largest platinum producers and the majority union have stalled as protest actions ensue in the North West.
Rand sees five-year lows on fears of platinum strike
The rand has dropped to fresh five-year lows as majority union Amcu decides whether to strike at the country’s three biggest platinum mines.
Amcu gets permission to strike over wages at Amplats
The biggest union in the platinum sector can now strike with a 48-hour notice after rejecting a pay increase offer from the platinum giant.
Amcu to present compromise on jobs to striking members
Anglo American Platinum’s majority union says its members will decide whether to go back to work at the mine after hearing a new job-cut proposal.
Amplats should not concede to Amcu demands, says analyst
Amplats should ride out the current strike rather than give in to Amcu’s demands to retract its planned job cuts, says Coronation Asset Management.
Amplats to cut 4 800 jobs
Anglo American Platinum, the world’s top platinum producer, has said it will shed around 4 800 jobs through its restructuring process.
Amplats to start 6 000 job-cuts process
Anglo American Platinum will begin the formal process to cut 6 000 mining jobs at the end of this week, the company has said.
NUM: Amplats showed its stakeholders the middle finger
The National Union of Mineworkers will oppose the retrenchment of 6 000 workers at Anglo American Platinum, the union has said.
Amplats shuts operations after violent outburst
Anglo American Platinum’s operations were shut after workers stayed away following violence caused by union tension, say a spokesperson and police.
Strike-hit Amplats reports R6.3bn loss
Anglo American Platinum’s profit has plummeted by a 180% for the year ended December 31 2012 from a R7.9-billion gain in 2011.
Amplats’s share price drops despite ‘constructive’ talks with govt
Amplats’s shares have fallen over 2% after it announced it had "constructive" consultations with government about the company’s restructuring plans.
Mining sector globally under strain
South Africa has been criticised over political risk, but competitors have their own issues.
Platinum miners want Anglo American to dig deeper
Shaft committees from Anglo American Platinum met discreetly in a Rustenburg park to discuss ways of adding impetus to their seven-week strike action.
No end in sight for Amplats strike
The Rustenburg strike coordinating committee says the protest at Anglo American Platinum will continue despite earlier claims to the contrary.
Amplats to reinstate 12 000 wildcat strikers
The world’s biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, has agreed to rehire 12 000 strikers dismissed during wildcat strikes this month.
Deep Read: The sequel to Marikana
The Anglo Platinum strike, which has dragged on for more than a month, has become a metaphor for the post-Marikana backlash.
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‘This is the beginning of the war’, warn striking Amplats miners
Hundreds of the 12 000 miners sacked by Amplats have rejected their dismissal and some say they will use violence to get their jobs back.
NUM chair at Anglo critically injured after petrol bombing
Following threats and intimidation of its members at Anglo Platinum, NUM has reported that the region’s chairperson was petrol-bombed at his home.
