Technology trumps tradition in the bid to end the mining strike
Mining firms faced the logistical challenge of contacting 70 000 miners around the country when they decided to sidestep Amcu in wage negotiations.
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Ex-NUM official at Lonmin gunned down
Attackers have gunned down a former NUM official at Lonmin, stoking political and industrial tensions on South Africa’s volatile platinum belt.
Deadliest year yet for Africa’s rhinos and elephants
Africa’s rhinos and elephants have been poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory driving the slaughter.
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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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.
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Gold miners set to strike
SA gold miners will down tools on Thursday, intensifying a wave of strikes and potentially costing the sector $25-million a day.
Former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba dies
Frederick Chiluba, Zambia’s first democratically elected president who fought off corruption charges after standing down, has died aged 68.
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BP embarks on latest bid to capture gushing oil
Robot submarines wielding powerful cutting tools went to work on BP’s latest bid to curtail the flow of oil spewing from its ruptured wellhead.
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Gulf residents eye slow fix for oil spill
BP’s "top kill" oil well plug failed on Saturday, practically killing any optimism among residents that the spill fouling their coast will end soon.
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Gulf oil spill hits day 40 with no end in sight
The oil spill hits its 40th day on Saturday with Gulf residents clinging to one hope: that BP’s complicated "top kill" operation will plug the well.
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Energy hurdle cleared, Summit deal in sight
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?a=87"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/joburgsummiticon5.gif" align=left border=0></a>Only the divisive issue of women’s health stood in the way of a global agreement on slashing poverty and mending the planet as the Earth Summit entered its penultimate day on Tuesday.
