May 18, 2013

Lonmin’s South African mine resumes operation after strike

Talks between labour and management continue.

May 14, 2013

Workers strike at Lonmin’s South African mine

Mine workers refuse to go underground and all 13 Marikana shafts are not functioning.

May 13, 2013

Union organizer killed in South Africa

Tensions rise ahead of major mining wage talks.

May 6, 2013

Big Mick Davis and Goldman Sachs building takeover war chest

Outgoing Xstrata chief won't be sitting still after Glencore takeover.

May 1, 2013

Let the weak miners fail: Leonard Melman

Melman writes about global economic influences on mining.

April 30, 2013

Lonmin drops five percent after announcing unplanned repairs

No one was injured.

April 29, 2013

The ‘now or never moment’ for private equity in mining

"Interest from private equity in sector is the highest I have ever seen"

April 29, 2013

South Africa’s largest mining union to pursue double-digit pay increase

Labour tensions rising ahead of mining sector wage negotiations.

April 29, 2013

Miners in the dark on Zimbabwe’s plans to seize foreign stakes

A draft bill leaked to the media last week shows the government is planning to amend the current law to avoid paying compensation to foreign miners.

April 28, 2013

SLIDESHOW: Mining billionaires 2013

How the mighty have fallen.