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EFF leader Julius Malema. (David Harrison/M&G)

It’s NUM vs NUM as leadership scuffle hits branches

Mines in the North West have become contested ground for National Union of Mineworkers.

Chrome mining dump.

Mine bosses descend on Cape Town, but leave chequebooks at home

About 6 000 attendees were expected at the Mining Indaba, which started on Monday. But investors are wary – South Africa’s past is catching up.

AngloGold demands Standard & Poor promote it from junk status

The company chief exec says its bond rating should be upped on a ccount of good behaviour but the agency says nothing has happened to change its mind.

According to Mariette Liefferink

AngloGold plans job cuts in Ghana as gold price falls

AngloGold plans to lay off 2 000 jobs in Ghana by next June, say trade unions.

According to Mariette Liefferink

Labour unrest: Worker stabbed at AngloGold

Small groups of workers have stopped miners at two AngloGold mines from reporting for duty and a miner is in a critical condition after being stabbed.

The NUM says it has to help fight to close the ‘apartheid wage gap’.

Class action for silicosis payout tarnishes gold industry

As the case against Anglo American SA in the UK unfolds, local lawyers are calling for the setting up of a compensation fund.

Former miner Mtobeli Elson Vapi

Rural idyll belies life of silent suffering

Mtobeli Elson Vapi is only 52 and treading lightly is about as much activity as his body can handle.

AngloGold to resume output at Ghana mine in April

AngloGold Ashanti says that operations at its Iduapriem mine in Ghana would resume in April after completing a temporary storage unit for tailings.

AngloGold swings to fourth-quarter profit

AngloGold Ashanti posted fourth-quarter adjusted headline earnings per share of 62 US cents, from a third-quarter loss.

SA’s AngloGold acquires US miner

South African gold producer AngloGold Ashanti said on Tuesday it had finalised its 100% acquisition of United States gold miner Golden Cycle.

Erwin: No clear link between power crisis and job cuts

It is unclear whether proposed job cuts in the mining industry are caused by power cuts and electricity rationing, or other factors, Public Enterprises Minister Alec Erwin said…

SA mines still halted by power crisis

The world’s third-biggest gold producer said on Tuesday it had restarted production at one of its mines, although a power shortage that has curbed output from South Africa’s…

SA mines shut down as power crisis worsens

South African gold producers and the world’s biggest platinum miner suspended production at all their mines in the country on Friday due to a power crisis, helping send precious…

AngloGold shuts mine after worker killed

AngloGold Ashanti shut one of its larger mines in South Africa on Friday after a miner was killed in a rockfall as a miners’ strike to protest against the spate of mine deaths in…

JSE sideways on profit-taking

The JSE was slightly negative by midday on Friday, as profit-taking among platinum stocks led the bourse to give up some of its earlier gains. By noon on the JSE, the all-share…

AngloGold stops output at mine after worker deaths

The deaths of four miners in a rockfall forced a halt to production at AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng underground mine on Monday while safety checks were carried out, the company…

JSE up, but gold stocks tumble

The JSE was up 191 points at midday on Monday, but off its record high it hit earlier as gold stocks tumbled on news that Anglo American was selling half of its stake in…