Gold Fields seals 5-year wage deal with unions at South Deep
GOLD Fields’ South Deep mine agreed a five-year wage deal with unions on Friday, the JSE-listed miner said in an announcement. Running from March to end-February 2030, the…
Implats monitoring contractor strike at Rustenburg shaft
IMPALA Platinum said it was monitoring an unprotected strike among contractors at its Impala Rustenburg North shaft. “It’s not giving us headaches but we take it seriously,” said…
Comrade Gwede, BEE isn’t worth the scrap paper it was written on
THE mining industry is waiting apprehensively for the chairperson of the African National Cosa Nostra and sometimes minerals and petroleum Minister, Comrade Gwede, to gazette…
Samancor presses ahead with job cuts despite Eskom deal
SAMANCOR Chrome is pushing forward with plans to retrench about 2,400 workers across its smelting operations and corporate offices, said Bloomberg News citing a statement from…
DRDGold finalises five-year wage deal at Ergo
DRDGOLD has concluded a five-year wage agreement with unions at its Ergo operations, heading off strike action that had been scheduled to begin on December 18. The agreement,…
Impala defends privileged status of accident report
IMPALA Platinum has defended withholding an internal investigation from the official inquiry into a fatal 2023 elevator accident at its Rustenburg operations, maintaining the…
Sibanye-Stillwater signs wage deal with gold miners
SIBANYE-Stillwater said on Tuesday it had signed a three year wage deal with all represented unions for employees on its gold mines. The agreement is for a basic wage increase…
Sibanye-Stillwater triples Q3 profits on back of PGMs
THE standout increase in precious metal prices made all the difference to Sibanye-Stillwater which posted a tripling in third quarter earnings (Ebitda). In addition, the…
NUM refers Sibanye-Stillwater gold talks to CCMA
WAGE negotiations at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations have been referred to mediation, said the National Union of Mineworkers which described the miner’s latest offer as…
300 trapped at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof gold mine
ABOUT 300 miners remain trapped more than three kilometres underground at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof mine west of Johannesburg, reported Daily Maverick on Friday. The publication…
Exxaro says NUM claims over Magara “unfounded”
EXXARO Resources said a meeting with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) scheduled for today regarding its “unfounded allegations” failed to take place. This was after the…
Sibanye-Stillwater signs one-year wage deal for gold mines
SIBANYE-Stillwater on Monday announced a one-year wage agreement with unions at its South African gold mines, comprising a 5.5% increase until end-June 2025. Commenting on the…
Seriti Resources confirms plan to retrench 1,143 employees
SERITI Resources, a privately-held South African coal miner, plans to retrench 1,143 employees as some of its operations are “not commercially sustainable”. Middelburg Mine…
Petra Diamonds agrees five year wage deal with NUM
PETRA Diamonds announced on Monday a five-year wage agreement with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) granting employees annual increases of 5.75% to 6.5% or an increase…
Sibanye-Stillwater says miners stage underground sit-in
MINING at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kroondal and K6 platinum group metal (PGM) mines has been disrupted after hundreds of employees staged illegal protest action, the group said on…
Pan African seals five year wage deal for Barberton Gold
PAN African Resources has signed a five year wage deal with the National Union of Mineworkers for members employed at the gold miner’s Barberton operations in Mpumalanga…
NUM says 10,000 jobs at risk in SA mining sector
AN estimated 10,000 jobs are at risk in South Africa’s mining industry, according to BusinessLive, a newspaper. The estimate, made by the National Union of Mineworkers, is based…
Blyvoor Gold says underground protest over after declared illegal
BLYVOOR Gold said today an underground sit-in at its mine by “a minority of employees” had ended after the Labour Court declared the protest illegal. “Blyvoor management is…
Tensions brewing at Blyvoor Gold were miners stage sit in
TENSIONS are brewing at the Blyvoor Gold mine on the West Rand near Carletonville where more than 800 workers have staged a sit-in underground, said EWN in a report today. It’s…
Gold One suspends mining at East Modder amid signs of renewed protest
GOLD One suspended mining operations at its Modder East facility in Springs on Thursday after threats of more protests, said BusinessLive. The mine’s management initially…