Zimbabwe’s diamond mineworkers want 250% pay hike Platinum sector workers will be happy with 208%, while gold miners seek a 150% wage increase. Industry is offering 0.6%. Frik Els | December 1, 2013 | 11:52 pm
Anglo Platinum unionized miners postpone vote on strike until 2014 Amplats' main union obtained permission for a legal strike two weeks ago, after exhausting mediation procedures. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 26, 2013 | 3:02 pm
South Africa’s growth hits four-year low due to strikes The country’s gross domestic product expanded at an annualized rate of 0.7% in the period, down sharply from the 3.2% in the second quarter. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 26, 2013 | 12:11 pm
Asteroid miners go after most precious resource: water Investors eager to get the new industry off the ground willing to finance projects that can secure the availability of the key element. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 21, 2013 | 2:19 pm
Glencore Xstrata starts trading in South Africa, poised to sell Lonmin stake The miner and trading house ranks now among the top three on the JSE in terms of market capitalization. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 13, 2013 | 2:38 pm
Platinum giant Lonmin returns to profit after stormy year World's third largest platinum producer posted best output in six years. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 12, 2013 | 4:39 pm
Chinese said to eye Ivanhoe Mines stake Robert Friedland's African projects capture the interests of China National Gold after state-owned firm said no to African Barrick. Frik Els | November 7, 2013 | 10:09 pm
South African lawmakers postpone changes to mining, oil ruling Parliament to sleep on proposed reforms. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 7, 2013 | 12:09 pm
South African ex-union official shot dead in Marikana The man, ambushed outside his home in the mining town of Mooinooi, became the fourth person with ties to the NUM murdered in the platinum belt region in the past three months. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 6, 2013 | 11:54 am
