Harmony may shut South Africa mine after labour unrest

The announcement marks an uneasy start to the year for South Africa's key mining sector, which in 2012 went through a devastating and costly bout of labour unrest. Last year's nationwide strikes left over 50 people dead, starting with violence in August at London-listed Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, before spreading to other mines and ...

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Endeavour's Assafou PFS shows potential to become a tier 1 …

Endeavour Mining's completed pre-feasibility study (PFS) for the Assafou-Dibibango gold project in Cote d'Ivoire confirms the potential for the project to become a tier 1 asset, with an initially defined reserve of 4.1Moz, the company said on Wednesday. After these encouraging results, the company's next step will be to move onto a definitive feasibility study […]

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SA Miner Unrest Spreading to Diamonds

Media reports have warned that South Africa faces a "mining meltdown" as the miner unrest over working conditions and pay, which began with the platinum sector, has spread to the gold, diamond, coal and iron ore sectors as well.. The initial flare up at the Lonmin platinum mine at Nkaneng had led to the deaths of nine people including two police officers on August 13 and …

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SA mine unrest will lead to job losses

[img:Amplats%20d_0.jpg|Amplats CEO Chris Griffith]Johannesburg, South Africa --- 02 November 2012 - South Africa's platinum industry is in severe financial distress, and the provision of high wage settlements to get wildcat strikers back to work will lead to job cuts, says Anglo American Platinum.The world's top platinum producer said it was losing production …

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SA rioting and civil unrest: Economic pain and long-term …

The civil unrest that tormented KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng was the worst violence South Africa has seen since Apartheid ended. Not only did numerous businesses go up in smoke, but property was trashed and destroyed as myriad looters took to the streets. What's more, Bloomberg reports that at least 330 people lost their lives to the ...

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unrest in sa mine comp

South Africa mine stays shut because of unrest Jan 07, 2013The mine was closed last month. In November, the company said two of its workers were killed and another injured in violence at …

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South32 says community unrest, illegal mining damaging to SA…

COMMUNITY unrest and illegal mining were singled out as two issues "which had to stop" if South Africa's mining sector was to regain its competitive edge. That's the view of South32, COO, Mike Fraser. Addressing the Joburg Indaba being held in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Fraser said mining communities were becoming increasingly dependent on the …

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South Africa: Protester shot dead in Limpopo mine unrest

Protester shot dead in Limpopo mine unrest. News 24. 13 May 2015. Polokwane - At least one protester was shot dead and another shot and wounded at Atok near Bokoni Platinum mine in Limpopo, police said on Wednesday. ... the community has not benefited from the mining operations despite the company's pledge to comply with South Africa's mining ...

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Timeline of unrest in South Africa's mines

Timeline of unrest in South Africa's mines. Key events this year in South Africa's mining industry: – January 20 – March 5, 2012: A wildcat strike over pay and conditions paralyses the Rustenburg platinum belonging to Impala Platinum. Violence between strikers and non-strikers leads to the deaths of three workers in February.

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