Manganese poisoning inquiry resumes

A Department of Labour inquiry into exposure of workers to toxic manganese fumes and dust at the Assmang ferromanganese smelter near Durban will resume on Monday. Labour spokeswoman Zolisa Sigabi on Thursday said the inquiry would resume at the...

Durban steel plant reopens furnaces after fatal explosion

JSE-listed African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), the joint owner of Assmang, states that a further two furnaces at its Cato Ridge plant will have restarted in April, 2008.

Workers to strike at Namibia's Skorpion Zinc

Workers at Namibia's biggest zinc producer Skorpion Zinc are going on strike from Friday over a pay dispute, the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (NUM) said on Wednesday. NUM General Secretary Joseph Hengari said annual wage negotiations with...

Unions should fight labour-market flexibility threat - Minister

Labour Minister Mambathisi Mdladlana on Thursday called on South African unions to galvanise their members against moves towards labour-market flexibility and deregulation, and described the rejection of a dual-labour-market proposal, made in an...

SA to compensate Lesotho ex-migrant workers

Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana says government will settle all outstanding pensions and compensation claims of former Lesotho migrant workers who were employed in this country's mines.

NUM to apply for interdict against Harmony today

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is hopeful of obtaining a court interdict against gold-miner Harmony today, to stop the company from retrenching more than 4 900 workers at its Free State operations.

Mining industry sets target to wipe out Silicosis

The South African mining industry has set the year 2013 as the target to wipe out the occupational lung disease Silicosis.

No single target for mining empowerment

The South African government said on Wednesday it would not nationalise any part of the mining industry, after three hours of talks with global mining giant Anglo American and its diamond and gold subsidiaries.

SA ministers meet gold, diamond miners

Top South African ministers met senior mining executives yesterday to discuss government plans to give black business a bigger role in mining, government sources said.

State, mining group to meet next week

Diversified miner Anglo American and its diamond arm De Beers will meet South African ministers on August 14 to discuss government plans to give black business a bigger role in mining, a government spokesperson said yesterday.

Mine health and safety on the road to recovery

April saw the signing of a historic accord between government, labour and business, whereby they committed to prioritising the promotion of occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplace.