Sep 03, 2012· The South African political situation is destabilising an already fragile economy and this has led to the rand falling in value recently. The mass of people in South Africa remain desperately poor including the lot of the miners, while improved since Apartheid times remains very tough.
Aug 23, 2012· Industrial unrest hobbling the South African platinum industry deepened yesterday, prompting fears of a broader mining crisis in one of the main platinum and gold producing countries. Platinum and gold prices continued to soar partly due to real concerns of supply disruptions after 44 people died during strikes at a pit owned by Lonmin.
Oct 18, 2012· South Africa 2012 SA mining strikes for dummies. ... The labour unrest has moved from the platinum mines to the gold industry. With 24,000 workers away, none of Anglo Gold Ashanti's six mines ...
Sep 03, 2012· Free Online Library: South African Cops Fire On Miners Again As Unrest Spreads. by "International Business Times - US ed."; Business, international News, opinion and commentary Mine accidents News agencies Police Police officers
Sep 03, 2012· South Africa is to begin freeing 270 strikers whose colleagues were shot dead by police, after murder charges against them were suspended. ... South Africa to release unrest miners. 3 September 2012.
The labour unrest, in the wake of Marikana, has been identified as the cause, either wholly or in part, of South Africa's credit rating downgrades by three international rating agencies: Moody's Investor Services ("Moody's") on 27 September 2012,36 Standard and Poor's ("S&P") on 12 October 2012,37 and Fitch Ratings ("Fitch") on 10 January 2013 ...
Johannesburg - Key events this year in South Africa's mining industry: - January 20: Miners at the Rustenburg platinum mine northwest of the capital Pretoria go on strike over pay and conditions. A court rules the action to be illegal and the mine's owner, Impala Platinum, fires .
Sep 26, 2012· The company is the world's No.3 bullion producer and South Africa accounted for about 32 percent of its global output of close to 2 million ounces of gold in the first half of 2012.
Sep 03, 2012· South African courts are to begin releasing 270 striking miners charged with murder after 34 of their colleagues were shot dead by police. Earlier, the charges, levelled under an apartheid-era law, were suspended following a national outcry. The first 100 .
Sep 14, 2012· South Africa's government announces a raft of measures to clamp down on continuing unrest in the country's mining sector. ... 14 September 2012. ... gold and platinum mines in South Africa .
September 13, 2012 Print this page. The unrest sweeping across South Africa's platinum industry has shaken confidence in the mining sector and now analysts fear its impact on the broader economy ...
Sep 12, 2012· Mineworkers take part in a march outside the Anglo American mine in South Africa's North West Province, September 12, 2012. JOHANNESBURG - Labor unrest is threatening to spread across South...
South Africa is to begin freeing 270 strikers whose colleagues were shot dead by police, after murder charges against them were suspended.
Oct 15, 2012· South African PGM mines are deep-level mines, which inherently have higher operating costs because of the need for more skilled labor, sophisticated .
South Africa has been dubbed "the protest capital of the world", with one of the highest rates of public protests in the world.. It is often argued that the rate of protests has been escalating since 2004, but Steven Friedman argues that the current wave of protests stretches back to the 1970s. The rate of protests "rose dramatically in the first eight months of 2012", and it was reported that ...
South African mines reopen but unrest continues Global platinum price rises in response to strikes that have seen 45 miners killed Hend Kortam September 17, 2012 Be the first to comment
Expelled ANCYL leader Julius Malema, calls for a "mining revolution" in South Africa. 30 August, Authorities charge the 270 arrested workers with the murder of their colleagues shot on 16 August. 3 September, Court withdraws murder charges against the 270 people detained in the aftermath of the massacre and the first batch of workers is ...
Oct 30, 2012· South Africa's economic growth is likely to take a hit in the second half of this year from the worst mining unrest since apartheid, but the inflation outlook remains evenly balanced, the .
In light of recent labour unrest at and other large companies in South Africa, the Mandela Initiative states that its intensive research into the topic of strikes and labour unrest has come ...
Sep 03, 2012· September 3, 2012 / 5:30 PM / in 8 years ... * Four injured in unrest at Gold One mine "shoot-out" ... Sept 3 (Reuters) - South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse ...
Aug 16, 2012· On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province. The police killed 34 mineworkers, and left 78 seriously injured. Following the open fire assault - 250 of the miners were arrested.
Sep 05, 2012· South Africa's mining industry is being sucked into a vicious circle as labour unrest spreads from platinum to gold with steep wage demands neither sector can afford. ... September 5, 2012 .
Sep 14, 2012· South Africa's latest labor unrest started with protests and violent clashes at Lonmin Plc's (LMI) Marikana mine last month, including a police shooting that left 34 dead in late August.
South Africa 's most violent and blood y labour unrest event which witnessed 34 miners being killed by police thereby bringing mining activities to a halt as
