South Africa
Investigation Under Way After Welkom Miner Killed
A Harmony Gold employee has died of his injuries on Wednesday following an incident involving a scraper winch at the...
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Over 3 000 Gold Mine Workers Affected By Sibanye-Stillwater Restructuring
By Lameez Omarjee, Fin24 Sibanye-Stillwater has concluded a section 189 process in its gold operations in South Africa which will...
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Anglo American Coal’s Study Sheds Light On The Ecological Value Of Mining Sites
Anglo American Coal’s Isibonelo Colliery is emerging as a powerful case study for how rehabilitated landscapes can play an important...
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Xolobeni lawsuit: Activists Denied Access to Documents For Defamation Defence
By Khulekani Magubane, Fin24 The Western Cape High Court denied two attorneys and an activist opposing Mineral Sands Resources’ parent...
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Sibanye is Now The World’s No. 1 Platinum Miner
By Felix Njini, Bloomberg Six years after being carved out of a handful of unwanted gold operations, Sibanye Gold has...
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Sand Miners’ Deaths Spark Industry Outcry
The proliferation of borrow pits to simplify the supply of sand and aggregates for road construction crews has once again...
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Five Mining Groups Ask Court to Approve US$341 million Silicosis Settlement Case
By Ciaran Ryan Lawyers for thousands of gold miners afflicted by silicosis or tuberculosis lined up on the side of...
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Energy Minister Takes Steps To Reduce Red Tape For Power Generation Licences
Last week, Minister of Energy, Jeff Radebe, purportedly granted a welcome deviation from South Africa’s existing power generation licensing regulations...
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Lonmin Plans To Cut 4 100 Workers As it Closes Platinum Mines
By Felix Njini and Loni Prinsloo, Bloomberg Lonmin plans to cut 4 100 workers at mines that have run out of...
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Dirty coal: Eskom Admits It Has No Budgets Or Plans For Decommissioning Its Older Coal Powered Stations
By Sarah Evans Eskom has no budgets or plans in place for the decommissioning of its older coal power plants,...
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