Three illegal miners die at open Grootvlei shafts − Solidarity

Trade union Solidarity on Tuesday said that the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) should be held partly responsible for the death of three people at the stripped Grootvlei mine near Springs. This comes after the latest incident where an...

Sub Nigel shaft closed as water levels rise in East Rand basin

Operations and production at the Sub Nigel 1 shaft have been temporarily halted, after pumping at the nearby Grootvlei mine was stopped, Gold One spokesperson Ilja Graulich said on Wednesday. The underground training centre at Sub Nigel, which...

Union serves liquidation application on Aurora

Trade union Solidarity on Friday served its first liquidation application of R3,1-million on the beleaguered Aurora Empowerment Systems to force the company, headed by politically-connected Khulubuse Zuma and Zondwa Mandela, to pay outstanding...

DMR does not owe Aurora money, says acting DG

The department of mineral resources on Wednesday dismissed allegations that it owed Aurora Empowerment Systems money in the form of a water pumping subsidy. "The [water pumping] subsidy is not an entitlement. The department does not owe anybody...

AMD report stresses ‘urgent’ intervention to avert crisis

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) on Thursday released the long-awaited 146-page acid mine drainage (AMD) report, which was compiled by a team of water and geology experts, and presented to the Inter-Ministerial Committee on AMD in December....

Some Aurora Grootvlei miners paid

A total of R800 000 has been paid towards the salaries of some Aurora Grootvlei miners from Springs, the department of labour said on Wednesday. "[This] follows after the department took a case to get an undertaking from the employer (Aurora...

Court gives Aurora more time to find money

The politically connected Aurora group was given more time by the High Court in Pretoria on Friday to produce funding guarantees to buy the financially stricken Pamodzi Gold mine, one of the liquidators said. "The court has given them an...

More than 300 illegal miners arrested at Grootvlei – Aurora

Embattled Aurora Empowerment Systems said on Wednesday that it was being held under siege by illegal miners plundering the Grootvlei mine, east of Johannesburg. Aurora GM Louis Lamsley said that the “extremely violent” illegal miners had been...

Minister says Grootvlei water-quality investigation ongoing

South African Water Affairs Minister Sonjica Buyelwa confirmed on Friday that investigations regarding the quality of the water discharged at the troubled Aurora's Groovlei mine near Springs were still under investigation by the police and the...

Bodies of shot ‘illegal miners' recovered at Aurora's Grootvlei

In yet another shocking occurrence at the troubled Aurora Empowerment Systems, four bodies were retrieved at its Grootvlei mine, near Springs, after being shot on Monday - more bodies are expected to be recovered. The mine, co-owed by President...

Aurora to increase pumping capacity at Grootvlei

Troubled gold-miner Aurora Empowerment Systems said on Thursday that it would increase its pumping volumes at its Grootvlei mine near Springs in an effort to avert the danger of acid water flooding its operations and resulting in an environmental...

Aurora says Grootvlei pumping subsidy increased

The much-criticised Aurora Empowerment Systems said on Wednesday that the South African government had upped its pumping subsidy for the Grootvlei mine near Springs in an effort to assist with costs associated with the pumping of acid mine...