A diamond mining company has filed a R29.9-billion claim against President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government as a near three-decade-long dispute over expropriated diamond mining rights in Lesotho reaches South African courts again. Josias van Zyl, MD …
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A law firm believes that its plans to launch a class action against Eskom over load-shedding are viable, despite a previous statement from the power utility that there are limited grounds for such a case to be successful. De Beer Attorneys in April cal…
Over 400 organisations, small businesses join class action against Eskom Read More »
A 38-year-old mineworker died on Monday at Harmony Gold Mining Company in Doornkop, outside Johannesburg. She was certified dead on the scene. This, after a fall-of-ground incident at the mine, the company said in a statement. It is investigating the i…
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Thousands of jobs will be lost at Lonmin over a three-year period following its merger with Sibanye-Stillwater, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has argued. The union has lodged an appeal before the Competition Appeal Court to set …
Amcu slams Lonmin-Sibanye merger over ‘magnitude’ of job losses at Appeal Court Read More »
The Minerals Council South Africa has said that as many as 90 000 jobs in the country’s mining sector could be at risk "solely as a result" of recent electricity tariff increases. "Given the mining sector’s dependency ratio of 10 people sup…
Mining body says 90 000 jobs at risk from electricity price hikes Read More »
Illegal mining operations and criminal syndicates steal, per annum, the equivalent of the total output of South Africa’s legal gold mining operations in 2018. The Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, however, has a plan to take down the criminal …
Mantashe gunning for illegal mining syndicate leaders Read More »
Trade union federation the Congress of South African Trade unions (Cosatu) has denounced Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe’s statement that bringing criminal charges against mining bosses for fatalities at mines will cripple the industry. Follo…
Cosatu slams Mantashe, echoes calls to amend mine health and safety act Read More »
Former Glencore chief executive Clinton Ephron has told the Zondo commission into state capture that he was devastated when former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe told him Eskom would not be updating the company’s contract with the power supplier. Ephron took t…
Former Glencore CEO ‘devastated’ by Molefe’s about-face on coal deal Read More »
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe is expected to pay a visit to the Gloria coal mine near Middelburg, Mpumalanga, where 22 alleged copper thieves have been trapped and are believed dead following an explosion at the beginning of February. A gro…
Mantashe to visit Glory coal mine where 22 men are still trapped underground Read More »
The fate of approximately 22 alleged copper thieves trapped underground hangs in the balance as rescue efforts are allegedly being hampered by disgruntled unpaid mineworkers. "They have threatened us and the contractors and they’ve told us under no…
Disgruntled unpaid mineworkers allegedly hampering rescue efforts at Gloria coal mine Read More »
