Pressure is high for Ramaphosa's administration to reassert the global competitiveness of the nation's mining sector. In 2020, South Africa came 60th out of 77 jurisdictions in the Fraser Institute's Annual …
Susan Shabanguon. Hundreds of striking miners forced Anglo American Platinum, the world's largest producer, to halt operations at its four mines on Wednesday, as labour unrest spread in South...
Mining is an important industry in South Africa, but it is also an industry with a damaging impact. Mining often pollutes the water, air and soil, and can disrupt farming activities and community life. Communities throughout South Africa struggle to defend their rights to their land, to their environment and to their resources when
South Africa has been rocked by mining violence since August 16 when police shot and killed 34 striking miners at Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana. The miners were demanding a 300 per cent pay rise.
While South Africa continues to take stock of the damage caused by July's unrest, President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to line up interventions to assist South Africans and business rocked by voice in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, which wiped an estimated R50 billion from South Africa GDP. The unrest had its beginnings in outrage …
Thousands of Lonmin workers were defying a Monday deadline to return to shafts that have been idle for a month at the Marikana mine, 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Johannesburg. Growing labor unrest is challenging the ruling ANC's claim to be able to defend workers' interests while ensuring stable economic growth.
The South Australian Mines Emergency Response Competition is designed to test the skills and knowledge of teams who would be called on to respond to a mine emergency. Here in SA, SAMERC aim to design these events for Emergency Service personnel who are green in the role, aiming to give the opportunity to respond to life like scenarios and build ...
1. Anglo-American South Africa (Johannesburg) 2. BHP Billiton Energy Coal South Africa Ltd (Mpumalanga) 3. Rio Tinto (on) 4. Kumba Iron Ore Ltd (Gauteng) 5. Sibanye-Stillwater (Westonaria) 6. …
The unrest that began among platinum miners in Rustenburg later spread to gold mines near Johannesburg. Key events: - August 10-12: Ten people are killed, …
South Africa has among the highest recorded levels of social protest of any country in the world. The reasons behind this are more complex than often assumed. The scale and severity of the looting ...
Thungela's operations are among the highest quality thermal coal mines in South Africa by calorific value. Thungela also holds a 50% interest in Phola, which owns and operates the Phola Coal Processing Plant, and a 23.22% indirect interest in Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT). RBCT is one of the world's leading coal export terminals, …
South Africa based Baroka Tribal Mining's unit Baroka Platinum is eyeing to take over the mine from the joint venture, according to Reuters. A source told the news agency that Baroka is preparing to offer up to ZAR1.8bn ($150m) for the purchase of Atlatsa Resources' 51% stake in the project. Image: Bokoni mine is located on the north ...
Unrest continues in South Africa mines after Marikana massacre . By Abayomi Azikiwe posted on September 2, 2012. Mineworkers and their supporters have continued to express outrage at the police killing of 34 strikers and wounding of 78 others at the Marikana mines on Aug. 16 through mass memorial services and rallies. Autopsies …
South Africa labor unrest spreads, 41,200 miners strike. Labor unrest spread in South Africa on Monday with a wildcat strike by more than 10,000 workers halting operations at a gold mine while few ...
Industry leading dividend: Dividend policy of normalised earnings. 2020 dividend – (8.7% yield) Repeatability and predictability. ~R3 billion. Refinance - US$500 million 7/8 year (~Mid 2021) 2022 bond callable at (US$350 million) - June 2021. 2025 bond callable at 103.6% (US$350 million) – June 2021. ~R1 billion.
More than 2,000 workers at a South African platinum mine continued their occupation for a second consecutive day. The post Implats Mine faces unrest as workers stage underground protest appeared ...
Dec 09, 2023, 02:26 AM. RUSTENBURG, South Africa – Rebel miners blockaded more than 440 workers underground in a South African gold mine on Dec 8, amid tensions that included a murder this week ...
Community protests prevent employees from working at Atlatsa Bokoni mine. By Laura Cornish. May 13, 2015. Atlatsa's Bokoni platinum operation. Atlatsa Resources, the South African platinum mining BEE company, has confirmed that operations at its Bokoni platinum mine have been interrupted by the recent unrest that …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mdumiseni Zuma, one of the instigators of the 2021 July unrest in South Africa, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.. The sentencing was delivered in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg this morning, marking a significant outcome following Zuma's conviction in September for charges related to …
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Cobre Panama, in production since 2019, generated 112,734 tonnes of copper in the third quarter of 2023, contributing $930 million to First Quantum's overall third-quarter revenue of $2.02 ...
READ: SA is a hotbed of organised crime. Few new mines are being dug and little exploration is taking place, hitting the sector on which the country's economy was built – its R952 billion mining industry accounts for 8% of GDP, about half of exports and employs almost 500 000 people. "The industry's under attack," says Hennie Flynn ...
Mining strikes coming to S. Africa may cause permanent damage to industry. Cecilia Jamasmie. Mining. 21 January 2014. South Africa is about to be hit, once again, by a major strike over wages across its gold and platinum sectors after the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) - the country's fastest …
More than 2,000 workers were occupying a South African platinum mine for a second day Tuesday as the owners upped the pressure to end one of the country's …
Labor and Employment. Labor unrest is widespread in South Africa today. At present industrial action affects construction, gold mining, gas stations, car manufacturing, textile, and clothing. Greg ...
Operations at Bokoni Platinum Mine in South Africa have been hit after protests at the mine site by local residents. Free Report. Dig deeper with our mining …
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Miners injured and arrested during a 2012 strike in which at least 44 people were killed, most of them by police, are suing South Africa's deputy president, their lawyer said. The 330 miners are suing Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa for one billion rand (about C$93 million), said their lawyer Andries Nkome.
Hundreds of striking miners forced Anglo American Platinum, the world's largest producer, to halt operations at its four mines on Wednesday, as labour unrest spread in South Africa's biggest industry.