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Patrice Motsepe, the richest black South African, has pledged to give half the income generated by his family assets to charity - becoming the first person outside the US to take the billionare Giving Pledge.
01 Feb 2013
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has welcomed the decision by mining giant, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) to suspend the retrenchment of up to 14 000 workers by 60 days
29 Jan 2013
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is today expected to announce the outcome of the talks with different stakeholders, regarding its planned retrenchments of 14 000 employees.
28 Jan 2013 - U. R.
South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan said on 23 January at the World Economic Forum in Davos, that he had no immediate plans for new mining taxes, but that the matter would be kept under review.
25 Jan 2013
The Competition Tribunal has conditionally approved the merger between Glencore International plc and Xstrata plc, which means the merger may be implemented in South Africa.
24 Jan 2013
Platinum miner Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) says it will create other job opportunities, following its announcement earlier this week that the jobs of up to 14 000 mineworkers are in jeopardy.
18 Jan 2013
With Amplats mineworkers having returned to work, the Chamber of Mines has come out saying it understands the government's frustration with Amplat's restructuring plans
17 Jan 2013
Anglo American Platinum’s plan to shed “up to” 14 000 jobs has again led to industrial unrest in the Rustenburg area
16 Jan 2013
American oil field services management company, Apex Management Group, has announced "a game-changing solution that dramatically reduces the cost and environmental impact" of fracking.
10 Jan 2013 - U. R.
Newcomer SA online auctioneering company Clear Asset has successfully hosted another major auction on behalf of Diesel Power
13 Dec 2012
Eskom is in the process of developing a strategy which would enable emerging miners – defined as those with a 50%-plus-one-share black ownership – to triple their supply of coal.
11 Dec 2012
The Anglo American mining group will not spin off its South African assets into a separate entity to please some investors.
05 Dec 2012
