Africa

September 2, 2012

South Africa drops Lonmin miners’ murder charges

South African prosecutors have temporarily withdrawn murder charges against the 270 miners accused Thursday of killing 34 striking colleagues shot dead by police at the platinum miner Lonmin's (LON:JSE) Marikana…

September 2, 2012

Gold Fields strike continues

A strike at Gold Fields' [JSE:GFI] KDC gold mine is likely to continue on Moinday, the mine said on Sunday afternoon.

August 31, 2012

Julius Malema’s political gold mine

Former president of the African National Congress Youth League, South African politician Julius Malema, is attempting to capitalize on the Marikana mine shootings, as he visited Gold One’s flagship Modder…

August 31, 2012

South African strikes spread, hit Gold Fields

Mining workers dissatisfaction in South Africa has now hit the country's second-largest gold producer, Gold Fields Ld. as about 12,000 employees downed tools at the KDC mine, on Johannesburg's West…

August 29, 2012

Talks start after deadly Lonmin strike in S. Africa

Managers, unions and workers at the troubled platinum miner Lonmin's (LON:JSE) Marikana mine, started talks with South African government mediators on Wednesday as thousands of miners continued a strike that…

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