Rio Tinto names Shell’s Katie Jackson as new copper chief
Jackson, who is the current president of National Grid Ventures, an energy group, joins Rio Tinto on September 1.
Seven illegal miners have died and 12 are seriously injured as a result of a clash between competing groups in a mine in Johannesburg’s East Rand, South Africa.
According to The New Age, police were alerted Sunday of a violent fight involving guns at an underground shaft of the Brakpan North mine.
Rescue operations were still underway at the mine on Tuesday morning, and official sources said there is a high possibility the number of fatal victims will increase.
Meanwhile Reuters reports a miner was shot dead near Lonmin’s (LON:LMI) Marikana mine, fuelling rumours of fresh labour tension in the platinum belt, which last year was the scenario of massive and violent strikes.
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