ARM worker killed at Northern Cape mine, union says

A mineworker at African Rainbow Minerals’ Khumani mine, near Kathu, in the Northern Cape, was killed on Friday morning, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) reported. The union said in a statement that the worker was killed when his truck...

PGM explorer notifies union of retrenchments

Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer and explorer Lonmin is the only mining house that has submitted to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) notice of its intention to retrench workers, the union’s national spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka tells...

De Beers says followed due process with unions over job cuts

Diamond giant De Beers “respects all laws” and plans to hold meetings with two smaller labour unions in South Africa within the next two weeks, a spokesperson for the group said on Thursday. Earlier in the day, one of the unions, Solidarity,...

Angloplat’s Rustenburg workers march over disappearance of colleagues

An estimated 17 000 mineworkers marched to the Rustenburg offices of Anglo Platinum’s (Angloplat’s) Rustenburg operations on Wednesday afternoon, to demand an investigation into the disappearance of two workers. The National Union of...

Union declares wage dispute with Simmers

An estimated 4 000 workers at gold and uranium producer Simmer & Jack Mines’ (Simmers’) Buffelsfontein mine, in the North West province, would hand over a memorandum of demands on Wednesday, a labour union said. National Union of Mineworkers...

SA miners say retrenchments seen as 'last resort'

Retrenchments in the mining industry would be seen as a “last resort” in response to the global credit crunch, which has put over 9 000 South African mining jobs at risk. This was the collective message from the government, trade unions, and...

Thousands of workers march at Lonmin mine – union

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), South Africa’s largest mining union, on Thursday stated that about 18 000 mineworkers had partaken in a march at platinum producer Lonmin’s Rustenburg operations. NUM spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka said...

Political party calls for release of mine safety report

South African political party the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday submitted an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to compel the presidency to release the presidential mining safety audit report to the...

Company Announcement: NUM Claims Regarding Erpm Profits, Assistance From Government Rejected

Attached please find a press release on: DRDGOLD Limited (JSE: DRD; NASDAQ: DROO) has rejected claims by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) that the ERPM mine of its 74%-owned operating subsidiary, DRDGOLD South African Operations (Pty)...

DRDGold rejects NUM claims of ERPM profits, govt assistance

South African gold producer DRDGold on Thursday denied that it had received R100-million in government assistance, while it had recorded a profit of over R320-million in the current financial year. This followed claims by the National Union of...

Union plans protest over DRDGold's ERPM suspension

South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said that 2 000 of its members would march to the Department of Labour in Boksburg on Thursday “to demand government intervention at DRDGold’s East Rand Proprietary Mine (ERPM)”. On...

Lonmin workers down tools in SA

South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) reported that workers downed tools at platinum-miner Lonmin’s Limpopo mining operations on Tuesday evening. Lonmin spokesperson Alex Shorland-Ball confirmed on Wednesday that the employees at...