Strike crimping South African mining exports set to worsen
— Thungela Resources Ltd., South Africa's biggest shipper of thermal coal, has said a prolonged strike of two weeks would curtail as much as 300,000 tons of export production.
After the Massacre: Life in South Africa's …
— After the Massacre: Life in South Africa's Platinum Mining Belt. On 16 August 2012, Thembisa Nkuzo was among a group of women who set out from their homes in Nkaneng settlement, in South Africa's …
South African Mining 2024 Outlook: Navigating …
— As South African mining grapples with numerous challenges and opportunities, stakeholders in the industry must navigate the complex landscape by fostering collaboration, embracing technological …
30,000 coal miners go on strike in South Africa
— 30,000 coal miners go on strike in South Africa. More than 30,000 coal miners in South Africa have launched an indefinite strike after discussions over wages failed. October 5, 2015. Share ... Coal Mining in South Africa to 2022 . Reports. South Africa Coal Mining to 2023 . Data Insights
Miners' Strike: South Africa 1946
Miners' Strike. South Africa 1946. Synopsis. In August 1946 the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU) in South Africa called a strike of black miners in the country's Witwatersrand gold producing region. The strike was the first widespread action …
Miners' Strike in South Africa Raises the Spirit of Resistance
— THE nationwide strike launched last week by more than 300,000 black miners has caused new political uncertainty in South Africa. The strike raised the spirits of the anti-apartheid movement ...
Bafokeng mine strike has ended, disciplinary action to
— The unprotected underground protest action at Impala Bafokeng's platinum mine, which began on Monday, has ended with all miners safely returning to the surface …
Risky business: Anglo American's South African struggle
— Production at South Africa's mines has suffered numerous setbacks, including strikes and a decline in the operating environment, causing a major headache for Anglo American, one of the world's biggest producers. Ozge Ibrahim assesses the risks faced by the company, one of the industry's biggest producers.
South African gold miners go on strike
— It has been estimated that the gold miners' strike could cost South Africa more than $30m (£20m) a day in lost output. Mine owners are warning it could lead to gold mines closing and thousands of ...
More than 2,000 mine workers extend …
— More than 2,000 workers have remained underground Tuesday, Dec. 19 in two shafts at Implats' Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine in the North West province of South Africa for a second day in a …
South African 'hostage' miners emerge from …
— More than 500 miners failed to emerge at the end of their night shift on Sunday, local media reported earlier this week. The NUM, the only formally recognised union at the mine, said they...
More than 500 people 'being held hostage' in South Africa gold mine
— The two have been competing for bargaining rights over various South African mines, and their feuding was partially responsible for the Marikana massacre of 2012, when 34 miners on strike were ...
Sibanye hit by underground protest at South Africa mine
— Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE: SSW, NYSE: SBSW) Kroondal operations in South Africa are the stage of a protest by disgruntled workers who claim they have yet to receive payments under the company ...
Miners from a rival union are holding hundreds of …
— A group of miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding around 500 of their colleagues underground for the second day at the mine over a union dispute. Some 15 miners have been injured in …
The impact of the 2014 platinum mining strike in South Africa…
— In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's platinum industry.The strike lasted 5 months, ending in June 2014 when producers reached an agreement with the main labour unions.The immediate impacts on local mining towns were particularly severe, but our research shows that the strike could …
South African Labor Unrest in Mining Deepens
— In a speech to striking workers at a gold mine on Monday, Julius Malema, the firebrand former leader of the African National Congress Youth League, called for a national mining strike until wages ...
South African 'hostage' miners emerge from underground …
— South African 'hostage' miners emerge from underground amid union dispute. ... (NUM), said on Wednesday that 107 miners "have come back to the surface" at the Gold One mine, east of ...
South African Miners Strike for Better Safety Conditions
— JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 4 South Africa's crucial mining sector was hit Tuesday by its biggest strike in two decades, as tens of thousands of workers stayed home to protest poor safety conditions that ...
AMCU threatens major strike over Sibanye-Stillwater …
— The AMCU president said South African mining companies were continuously making profits while neglecting the safety and wellbeing of workers. "We will defend the 213 so that they go back to work ...
South Africa's busiest port Durban hobbled by strike
— The Transnet strike is also set to worsen the mining industry's logistics woes. Even before the strike, South Africa's Minerals Council had projected a revenue loss of 50 billion rand ($2.76 ...
South Africa: Underground mine occupation
— More than 2,000 workers occupy a platinum mine in South Africa for the second day in a row on Tuesday, causing concern among families as the company tries to push for an end to one of the...
1946 African Mineworkers Strike
On 12 August 1946 African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went on strike in support of a demand for higher wages - 10 shillings a day. They continued the strike for a week in the …
New strike hits South African gold mine
— Protesters gather at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa on August 17, 2012 where the day before 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking mineworkers.
South Africa shocked by police shootings at mine
— Protesters gather at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa on August 17, 2012 where the day before 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking mineworkers.
South Africa: Mining unions extend strike over pay …
— South Africa. Striking miners at South Africa's second largest gold producer, Sibanye-Stillwater, say they are extending their strike until they get a pay rise. Thousands of workers...
Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines
— South Africa's long-divided mining unions have scored a win since forging a united front against the industry's largest employer as the country's labour arbitration body has cleared them to ...
Miners' Strike: South Africa 1922
Miners' Strike. South Africa 1922. Synopsis. In early 1922, white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike. The strike soon became a violent rebellion—sometimes known as the Rand Revolt—that pitted the white miners against the mine owners and the government.
Grounds for a Strike: South African Gold Mining in the …
sufficient to compensate for the shortages on the South African side of the labor market.13 With regards to Central and South-Central Africa, these areas were closed to recruiters since 1913 for health reasons.14 Mortality rates among Central Africans were to the government and, to some degree the Chamber of Mines, unacceptably high.15 Thus,
A History of Gold Mining in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania
— The African continent is richly endowed with significant mineral, oil and gas resources, including large reserves of gold. As noted in the previous chapter, the continent is home to a large portion of the world's mineral wealth, including 42 per cent of the world's known gold reserves (Bush, 2008, p. 361).The continent's largest producer of gold, …
AMCU threatens major strike over Sibanye …
— Unions have threatened a full-on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater over a dispute concerning the share ownership payments for mine workers. The mine announced that dozens of workers who had...
1946 African Mineworkers Strike
Meanwhile, however, the Guardian, a progressive South African weekly, the only paper which totally supported the strike, was sued by four mining companies for 40,000 pounds for publishing the Unions memorandum on the grounds that it was false and that the recruiting of mine labourers would be hindered.
South African platinum workers eye windfall as wage talks …
— AMCU, which in 2014 led the longest ever platinum mining strike in South Africa, plans to negotiate jointly with the rival National Union of Mineworkers, Gama said.
Marikana Massacre 16 August 2012
— Striking mine workers gather on hill on 16 August 2012, before massacre occurs. ... NUM and AMCU, were found not to have had full control of its members who embarked on the unprotected strike. …
Hundreds of miners leave South Africa gold mine after being …
— SPRINGS, South Africa (AP) — Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute left a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, …