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Efforts by the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) to hike the pressure on Sibanye-Stillwater through a seven-day campaign of secondary strikes suffered an setback over the weekend after it was advised by its lawyers to retract strike notices at a number of companies including DRDGold and African Rainbow Minerals (ARM). Read More

Sibanye CEO Neal Froneman says the company can sit out its gold strike as other mining companies scramble to secure court interdicts to stop a secondary industry strike by Amcu. Read More

The Minerals Councils South Africa says it is deeply concerned at the potential consequences of a secondary strike by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu). Read More

Fifteen mining companies have received notices of secondary strike action from trade union AMCU, the Minerals Council said in a statement on Friday, saying the companies would do "everything in their power" to avert the sympathy strikes.   Read More

At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater who on strike over wages and job cuts, Minerals Council South Africa said on Friday. Read More

A taxpayer funded R23bn annual subsidy to Eskom between now and 2021 may have the consequence of the government-owned utility withdrawing an application to hike electricity tariffs 15% a year for the next three years. Read More

South African utility Eskom imposed the worst power cuts in several years on homes and businesses last week, conjuring up memories of the 2008 crisis when the grid nearly collapsed and cost the mining industry billions in lost output. Read More

Police and intelligence officers are to be deployed to Eskom power facilities across the country as the government moves to urgently implement a rescue plan for the power utility and keep SA's lights on.  Read More

Mining sector concerned about Eskom's tariff rates. Read More

Four in 10 mining companies could shut down if Eskom’s demand for a 15% tariff hike is met, that’s according to the Minerals Council South Africa. Read More