October 27, 2012 Police fire rubber bullets to disperse clashing union workers in South Africa Unrest in South Africa has cost the country R3.1bn (US$350 million).
October 26, 2012 Cynthia Carroll yields to pressure and leaves Anglo Where there is smoke… After several reports of Anglo American’s (LON:AAL) shareholders disappointment at both the company’s overall performance and her CEO, Cynthia Carroll, she has finally left the company.
October 25, 2012 South African unions sign deal with gold companies The South African National Union of Mineworkers and two other unions signed Thursday a deal with industry body the Chamber of Mines (CoM), agreeing to a new pay structure for…
October 24, 2012 AngloGold Ashanti fires 12,000 South African striking miners AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (NYSE:AU), South Africa's largest gold miner by output, said Wednesday it has began to dismiss about 12,000 of its striking workers, joining this way an increasing list…
October 23, 2012 Gold Fields fires 8,500 striking workers as mining companies get tough on unrest Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) has fired 8,500 striking workers at a mine in South Africa following their failure to respond to an ultimatum to abandon the strike.
October 23, 2012 Canada’s Ivanplats closes $307 million IPO and now trades shares on the TSX Africa-focused miner Ivanplats (TSX:IVP), founded by billionaire Robert Friedland, successfully closed Tuesday its $307-million initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto stock exchange, issuing total equity of $504 million (Cdn$493).
October 23, 2012 North Bay Resources Inc (NBRI): mining operations begin at Fraser River project The Fraser River Project is located near Lytton in south central British Columbia, Canada, and covers approximately 4.5 kilometers of placer claims along the Fraser River.
October 21, 2012 Fresh calls for Carroll’s head. Anglo CEO could be out ‘within weeks’ "There have been signals from the company that there will be change at the top – and soon."
October 19, 2012 Most Gold Fields miners back to work, but KDC East strikers face final ultimatum Almost all the 15,000 Gold Fields Ltd. (NYSE, JSE:GFI) miners at risk of being fired for going on an illegal strike reported for duty, but striking workers at the company’s…
October 18, 2012 Platinum’s days as a catalyst may be numbered New catalyst uses plentiful cobalt and graphene
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