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South African gold sector wage negotiations deadlock – union

Wage negotiations in the gold sector are at a deadlock and the South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has declared a dispute, a move that is one step short of a strike.

Reuters | August 21, 2018 | 10:26 am

Three companies from Canada, China, Russia bid for Serbian copper mine

Serbia's government said it was seeking a partner to invest at least $350 million in debt-laden RTB Bor.

Reuters | August 21, 2018 | 10:07 am

The 30 countries leading the way in environmental credentials

List was complied using the environmental performance index (EPI), which has nine key categories: agriculture, air quality, biodiversity and habitat, climate and energy, forests, fisheries, health impacts, water resources, and water and sanitation.

CO2 Greetings | August 21, 2018 | 10:07 am

Trump promised to bring back coal – It’s declining again

Nineteen months into his term, there’s little improvement.

Bloomberg News | August 21, 2018 | 9:42 am

Trump to relax carbon limits on power plants to support US coal

The new plan would hand authority to states to create narrower rules to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired plants.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2018 | 9:30 am

Technical issue disrupts BHP’s Olympic Dam copper smelter

Company is assessing the impact of an ongoing outage at the processing plant.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2018 | 5:30 am

South Africa’s mining sector is ready to profit from a virtual goldmine of data

According to Iain Thompson, EY’s BC Mining and Metals Advisory Services Leader, it’s essential that companies embrace digital innovations or risk missing major opportunities.

SQream Technologies | August 21, 2018 | 5:16 am

Harmony Gold swings to loss, sees deaths at operations mount

The South African gold miner posted a 43% drop in annual earnings, or a 4.47 billion South African rand loss (about $309 million) and saw fatalities at its operations climb to thirteen, from 5 in 2017.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 21, 2018 | 3:26 am