October 3, 2012 South African strikes spread to iron ore 75,000 miners, or 15% of the sector's workers in South Africa, are now on wildcat strikes.
October 2, 2012 No end in sight for South African mining strikes Labour unrest at Anglo American Platinum’s South Africa operations spread on Tuesday to a new mine as the company and fellow miner AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU) have hardened their stance on…
October 2, 2012 Frontier Rare Earths jumps 10% on Korea talks Frontier is advancing the Zandkopsdrift rare earth project in South Africa and in December sold 10% of the venture to Kores for $23.8 million. The South Korean state-owned company now…
October 2, 2012 Swaziland consults with Botswana on diamond laws Botswana has been hailed for its instrumental role in the resuscitation of diamond mining in Swaziland through provision of support for the enactment of key legislation and benchmarking.
October 2, 2012 DiamondCorp cancels September gem auction Africa focussed diamond mine development and exploration company DiamondCorp (LON:DCP) shelved its planned auction for the month of September, due to poor prices during July and August.
October 2, 2012 Beijing investor offers $100m to Coal of Africa for quarter of equity A subsidiary of Beijing Haohua Energy Resource has offered Coal of Africa $100 million in equity funding following Exxaro's decision to refrain from exercising options for a stake in the…
October 1, 2012 Anglogold warns of closures as strike losses top $55 million a week South Africa accounts for roughly a third of Anglogold's annual output and the company is losing 32,000 ounces – worth more than $55 million at today's prices – of production…
October 1, 2012 38 Chinese nationals deported from Ghana for illegal gold mining 38 Chinese nationals caught mining for gold illegally in the west African nation of Ghana have been arrested and deported.
October 1, 2012 Lonmin concessions and AngloGold closure heighten contagion concerns The closure of AngloGold Ashanti's (NYSE:AU) nation-wide operations and Lonmin's concessions to striking workers (LSX:LMI) have raised concerns that unhealthy precedents are being set for future industrial unrest.
September 28, 2012 Petmin Ltd warns of unprotected strike by contractor employees at Somkhele mine Petmin Limited announced that 345 workers employed by Sandton Plant Hire (SPH) have embarked on an unprotected strike.
New York copper price surges again, Shanghai sets record Copper jumped by more than 5% to the highest level since the short squeeze in July. December 26, 2025 | 12:18 pm
