June 11, 2013

Asteroid mining firm hires former White House officer

Peter Marquez, former director of space policy under US Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is Planetary Resources’s new vice president for global engagement.

June 10, 2013

Ivanplats gets its ducks in a row for South African project

Company filed both a mining right application and included a BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) partner.

June 10, 2013

Stillwater Mining CEO to retire

Helped company achieve NYSE listing.

June 9, 2013

Anglo American CEO selling the $49 million corporate jet

The Gulfstream G550 is on the way out.

June 6, 2013

Lonmin hires more security stuff as union votes for strike

Company said it will not tolerate further violence,

June 5, 2013

South Africa labour minister feeling pressure over Lonmin killing, talks to unions

Pressure on the government to find solutions is mounting.

June 4, 2013

Strike shuts down Implats mine in South Africa

About 3,000 employees didn't report for work at the No. 14 shaft in Rustenburg.

June 4, 2013

South Africa weighs peacekeeping force around mines

As the annual wage bargaining season begins, authorities fear the situation will get worse.

June 3, 2013

Glencore Xstrata fires 1,000 workers at South African chrome mines

For staging an illegal strike that started last week.

June 3, 2013

Miners strike at Lonmin mine in South Africa after worker shot dead

Today's death sparked fears of a repeat of last year’s violent unrest that left dozens of deaths and effectively shut down the country's platinum belt.