October 8, 2012

Ruling party aligned union losing grip on South Africa mining

NUM's diminishing influence – blamed in part on its political affiliations and its perceived closeness to big business – is most striking at Impala Platinum's Rustenberg mine where its enrollment…

October 8, 2012

South Africa platinum industry to discuss new frameworks

South Africa's platinum mining industry met last week to look at a new dispensation for the sector with the help of professional facilitators.

October 7, 2012

Much ado about nothing

Still hold a hefty portion of your wealth in physical gold and silver

October 5, 2012

Asteroid-mining firm hiring “space nuts” and interns

Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron’s owned asteroid-mining focused Planetary Resources is hiring interns for 2013.

September 28, 2012

NASA takes asteroid mining seriously; funds viability study

Only five months after Google’s billionaire co-founders and filmmaker James Cameron officially launched their asteroid mining focused Planetary Resources company, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is funding…

September 27, 2012

Friedland’s Ivanplats IPO: ‘It’s a gun to the head’

If Ivanplats's $165 million worth of bonds are not redeemed for stock, rates on the debt soars to credit card-like repayments of just under 19% on November 10 and to…

September 26, 2012

South African mining stuck in ’19th century’

Former anti-Apartheid activist and Gold Fields board member Mamphela Ramphele has some harsh words for South Africa's mining bosses.

September 20, 2012

South Africa union fears ‘jobs bloodbath’ after Lonmin precedent

A bad choice of words.

September 16, 2012

Amplats to resume South Africa operations on Tuesday

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anglo American Platinum plans to resume operations at its Rustenburg mine in South Africa on Tuesday after it suspended work following labor unrest, it said on Sunday.

September 15, 2012

Platinum up 22% since mid-August

What a difference a black swan can make.