SA Chamber of Mines headquarters in Johannesburg ‒ venue for the upcoming wage talks for the gold and coal mining industries

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it will be seeking pay hikes of up to 60% from the country's gold and coal producers in upcoming wage talks, which are expected to be among the toughest ever.

Randgold Resources CEO Mark Bristow

West African-focused gold miner Randgold Resources Limited has entered into a US$200 million unsecured revolving credit facility with HSBC and three other banks.

The Kanyemba area in Zimbabwe, where the government is alleged to have struck up an unconfirmed deal with a Chinese firm to mine uranium

The government of Zimbabwe is facing criticism for a number of what is being referred to as ‘secretive mining deals being made without any consultation with communities and other stakeholders.

Vale coal operations at Moatize in Mozambique

Brazilian multinational diversified metals and mining corporation Vale SA ‒ the world’s biggest iron-ore producer and second-largest mining company ‒ says it has recommenced the transport of coal from its Moatize mine in the north-western province of Tete in Mozambique.

Anglo American Platinum’s Marikana mine

Some miners at Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (AMS) plan to strike should the world’s biggest producer of the metal not drop by tomorrow a proposal to cut as many as 6,000 jobs. The shares fell to the lowest since August 2005.

Ivan Glasenberg, CEO, Glencore International

After years of on-off talks, months of brinksmanship and often bitter negotiations, Glencore's head Ivan Glasenberg gets to complete the US$30 billion acquisition of Xstrata today ‒ the mining industry's biggest takeover yet.