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Thousands strike as trouble flares at South African mine South Africa’s mining sector has again been hit by unrest. Up to 4,000 workers have staged a sit-in strike underground in protest at the firing of four… 14/06/2013
South African platinum miners strike over killing South African miners have gone on strike, stopping production at the third largest platinum producing pit in the world. The action appears to stem from… 14/05/2013
Anglo American shares hit by new job cuts plan Shares in Anglo American Platinum have continued to drop dramatically following the firm’s announcement that it will cut less than half the jobs it planned to… 13/05/2013
Tibet: 21 bodies recovered from landslide At least 21 bodies have been recovered from a landslide in Tibet, according to state media. 83 miners, most of them Chinese migrants, were buried by the… 01/04/2013
Tibet: major landslide rescue effort for buried miners A major operation to save 83 miners buried by a landslide in Tibet has continued through a second day, but hope is fading that any survivors will… 30/03/2013
Two Chinese mine disasters leave scores dead Two separate mine disasters in China have left scores feared dead and raised questions about the industry’s safety. In Tibet news emerged several hours… 30/03/2013
Trapped Polish miners are rescued All nineteen miners trapped in a Polish mine have been rescued after colleagues tunnelled through collapsed rock to reach them. The miners had become… 20/03/2013
Eighteen miners trapped in Poland Eighteen miners are trapped underground in Poland after an earthquake caused a cave-in at a copper mine. The men are stuck 600 metres below the surface at… 20/03/2013
Glencore’s 2012 profit hit by lower commodities prices Glencore’s net income fell by a quarter last year due to lower prices for commodities, but it made more money from trading so did not suffer as much as some… 05/03/2013
Tough times for Anglo American Global miner Anglo American saw its underlying earnings for last year halve from 2011 as profits fell in all parts of its business. It also had to write… 15/02/2013
Workers strike at S.Africa’s Amplats Workers at three of Anglo American Platinum’s mines in South Africa have gone on an illegal strike. It started one day after the company said it would… 16/01/2013
Rio Tinto announces cuts as share price rises Rio Tinto has announced massive spending cuts. The world’s second biggest mining group plans to slash costs by 5.4 billion euro over the next two years. The… 29/11/2012
Glencore-Xstrata tie-up in final stage One of the biggest takeovers in mining history is on the verge of going through after nine months of on-off negotiations. Shareholders in the commodities… 20/11/2012
Clashes between riot police and South African miners – nocomment Hundreds of miners from the Anglo-American platinum mines in northwest South Africa, gathered at a stadium in Rustenburg on Saturday to prevent a trade union… 28/10/2012
Traditional industry spearhead Ukraine’s industrialists and politicians are betting on massive investment in traditional primary industries to spearhead economic development. A new 540… 22/10/2012
Ukraine’s ailing powerhouse As Ukraine’s legislative election nears, the temperature of the campaign is warming up. In the heavy industry hub of Donbass, in South-Eastern Ukraine… 17/10/2012
Gold Rush In Romania This mountain contains Europe’s biggest gold deposits. With the economic crisis, the price of gold is rocketing and there are plans to open new gold mines in… 12/10/2012
Swiss miners finally agree on merger Swiss mining company Xstrata has finally agreed to sell out to its local rival Glencore, digging its heels in for an improved 25.6 billion euro offer. However… 01/10/2012
SA miners demonstrate for higher wages – nocomment Striking mine workers at Marikana mine in South Africa say an agreement could be reached with miner Lonmin mine on their demand to double theirh monthly wage. 13/09/2012
Glencore digs deeper for Xstrata Swiss commodities trader Glencore raised its offer for miner Xstrata on the day of a deadline for it getting the go ahead. The last minute sweetener is an… 07/09/2012
South Africa: Miners in court – nocomment The families of more than 250 arrested South African mineworkers have been protesting outside the court where their case is being heard. The men were arrested… 28/08/2012
Chinese burn for BHP Billiton The world’s top miner BHP Billiton is suffering from China’s slowdown as it reported a 34.7 percent fall in full-year net profit. The Anglo-Australian giant… 22/08/2012
Glencore Xstrata deal still in limbo Commodities trader Glencore seems to be digging in its heels on the price it is prepared to pay for miner Xstrata. Glencore’s chief executive Ivan… 21/08/2012
SA police shoot striking miners – nocomment At least 34 protesting workers where killed when South African police opened fire on striking miners at Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine 16/08/2012
Investors dig Rio Tinto despite profit drop Rio Tinto posted a fall in 2012 first-half profit as prices for its products have been falling, while operating costs remained high. However shares for Rio… 08/08/2012
Alcoa upbeat despite loss Aluminium maker Alcoa says its latest quarterly revenue and profit fell, but were better than investors had expected even though prices are at nearly two-year… 10/07/2012
What’s the story mining glory? Is Qatar going to spoil the party two weeks ahead of the proposed merger of the Swiss mining giants Glencore and Xstrata? It wants an improved offer for… 27/06/2012
Qatar wants sweetened Glencore-Xstrata deal Commodities trader Glencore is scrambling to save its twenty one billion euro bid for mining company Xstrata. Xstrata’s second largest shareholder, the… 27/06/2012
Spanish miners protest – nocomment Several roads and railways were blocked in Spain during protests against cuts in the mining industry. 08/06/2012
New life for old metal mines The European Union imports huge amounts of metal. Yet buried deep in Europe’s bowels is a treasure trove of copper, zinc and other precious… 02/05/2012
Bolivian miners strike for better work conditions – nocomment Thousands of Bolivian miners and health care workers walk off their jobs, bringing the impoverished country’s mining industry and public health sector to a… 12/04/2012
Diamonds lose their sparkle for Rio Tinto Rio Tinto, the world’s third-largest miner, has signaled it wants out of the diamond business. Rio Tinto, which runs three gem mines in Australia, Canada… 27/03/2012
Net profit dive for Rusal Rusal, the world’s top aluminium maker saw its yearly net profit dive by 92 per cent. The company was hit by a write-down in the value of its stake in Norlisk… 19/03/2012
Carrying their future in Bosnia in bags of coal Each day Esed and over 400 others picks through the rubbish that trucks dump from a mine in Bosnia. They are looking for coal and it is their livelihood… 16/03/2012
Some shareholders baulk at Glencore-Xstrata merger No sooner was the biggest ever merger in the mining sector announced than it met opposition. Miner Xstrata is to be taken over by commodities trader… 07/02/2012
Can you dig it? Xstrata Glencore merger talks Mining group Xstrata and commodities trader Glencore have confirmed they are in merger talks. The all-share deal between the two Swiss-based companies would… 02/02/2012
China: eight trapped miners will not be rescued – nocomment Rescue efforts was called off in an illegal coalmine in Yunnan Province on Sunday; eight miners are trapped after a gas leak 10 days ago. 21/11/2011
Macarthur digs sweetened Peabody, Arcelor bid Australia’s Macarthur Coal has accepted an improved 3.6 billion euros takeover offer from top US mining company Peabody Energy and the world’s biggest… 30/08/2011
Rescue workers deal with an explosion in the La Escondida mine in ColombiaA methane gas explosion at the small, central Colombian La Escondida coal mine has killed five workers, officials said. The explosion comes less than a week… 02/02/2011
The DR Congo’s child diamond miners The Democratic Republic of Congo holds some of Africa’s major mineral resources. Yet poverty is rampant, in the very regions where riches can be found… 09/12/2010
Death in Morocco The landscape is scattered with coal mines and death rules in the mines around Jerada in Morocco. A donkey driver leads us to one of the mines in the east of… 03/12/2010
Space exploration firm to unveil plans to mine asteroids by 2015It is a new sort of space race, a hi-tech gold rush straight from science-fiction. Space.com reports that new space exploration firm, Deep Space… 22/01/2013
Eight Turkish miners killed in methane blastEight miners have been killed following a suspected methane gas explosion in northern Turkey. Rescue workers say all the bodies have now been… 07/01/2013
South Africa: Amplat miners strike continuesStriking workers at the Anglo American Platinum mine in South Africa continue to defy Tuesday’s deadline to return to work. Around 2,000 of them protested… 31/10/2012
South African miners fired for illegal strikeTwelve thousand workers in Rustenburg South Africa were told on Friday they are without a job. The miners have been fired by the world’s largest platinum… 05/10/2012
Wage review planned for South Africa’s minersFacing a surging wave of strikes, South Africa’s Chamber of Mines says it has agreed to review wage deals for workers. 15 thousand miners who have downed… 04/10/2012
Miners strike action spreads in South AfricaThe latest strike action to hit the mines of South Africa has been taken by around 24,000 workers from the AngloGold Ashanti Mining Company. Their action… 03/10/2012
Kyrgyz police clash with anti-government protestersThere have been violent protests in Kyrgyzstan over the government’s refusal to nationalise a gold-mining venture with a Canadian company. Police fired tear… 03/10/2012
Marikana mine shooting inquiry beginsA judicial investigation begins today into the deadly shooting of 34 strikers at South Africa’s Marikana mine in August. The inquiry, set up by South… 01/10/2012
Two more die in South African unrestTwo people have died in South Africa amid ongoing labour unrest. One woman died in hospital in Marikana after being hit by police gunfire, while an armoured… 20/09/2012
Marikana miners back at workEmployees at the Marikana mine in South Africa are back at work after a pay settlement that ended a six-week strike. The miners won raises ranging from 11… 20/09/2012
South Africa mining unrest threatens to spreadIn South Africa, police have dispersed protestors gathering at a mine run by the world’s biggest platinum producer. It is the first sign that unrest might… 20/09/2012
Unions sign Marikana mine pay dealUnions representing the Marikana miners in South Africa have signed the deal that will hand their members a pay rise of up to 22 percent. Labour leaders… 19/09/2012
Rival miners clash in BoliviaClashes between rival miners in Bolivia has left one dead and seven others injured in the city of Le Paz. The battles between unionised and independent… 19/09/2012
South African miners accept 22% pay riseJoy has replaced the intense sorrow of the past couple of weeks for striking South African mineworkers. After a six-week strike that left 45 people dead… 18/09/2012
South African miners end strike after 22% pay hikeStriking miners at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in South Africa say they are accepting a management pay rise offer and will return to work on Thursday. It ends… 18/09/2012
Marikana miners defy protest banStriking miners defied a protest ban to gather once again at a South African platinum mine on Monday in an ongoing dispute over pay. They built barricades… 17/09/2012
South African police block miners’ marchMiners from Anglo Platinum were halted by heavily armed police on Sunday as they marched towards a police station at Rustenburg in South Africa. Strikes… 16/09/2012
South African police enter miners’ campsSouth African police used tear gas and rubber bullets when they moved into miners’ hostels in Marikana on Saturday to seize weapons. Hundreds of miners had… 15/09/2012
South African police seize miner’s weaponsAfter South African miners rejected yesterday’s offer by employer Lonmin to go back to work, on Saturday police raided hostels around the embattled Marikana… 15/09/2012
Marikana miners rebuff fresh pay offerStriking miners at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa have rejected another pay offer from management on Friday. Unions representing them rebuffed… 14/09/2012
South Africa miners ignore calls to return to workLess than ten percent of striking South African platinum miners have turned up for work at the Marikana colliery, despite calls by unions to end their wildcat… 10/09/2012
South African miners defiant over pay protestThousands of striking miners in South Africa are refusing to end their protest over pay and conditions. Violence flared over at the Lonmin platinum mine in… 05/09/2012
Biggest turnout of striking S. Africa miners since shootingsMore than 3,000 South African miners took to the streets near Lonmin’s Marikana mine on Wednesday, as they continue to fight for better wages. It is the… 05/09/2012
Marikana miners freed after being cleared of murder chargesSouth African authorities have released around 50 miners previously charged with murdering colleagues, who were in fact shot dead by police. Some 270… 04/09/2012
Murder charges dropped against miners accused of killing co-workersSouth African prosecutors have provisionally withdrawn murder charges brought against 270 miners accused of killing 34 of their colleagues shot dead by… 02/09/2012
Shot miners charged with murder270 striking mine workers are being charged with murder after police shot dead 34 of their colleagues. They are being tried under South Africa’s “common… 30/08/2012
Lonmin seek symbolic peace deal at troubled minePlatinum producer Lonmin and South African government officials are seeking to negotiate a peace accord with striking workers at the mine where 44 people have… 30/08/2012
Italy: Striking miner slashes his wrists on TVThe leader of a group of striking Sardinian miners has slashed his wrists in front of television cameras, shocking his work mates. Stefano Meletti was… 30/08/2012
South Africa: Miners pursue strike after deadly shootingThe strike goes on. That is the message from hundreds of miners gathered outside the Marikana site in South Africa where police shot dead 34 people this… 27/08/2012
Protesting Italian miners take over pitUp to a 100 miners armed with explosives have barricaded themselves in tunnels nearly 400m underground at a mine on the island of Sardinia. Their aim is to… 27/08/2012
First funerals held for striking South African minersThe first funerals were held on Saturday for the striking miners shot dead by police in South Africa over a week ago. Thirty-four miners were killed when… 25/08/2012
Memorial held for murdered Marikana minersPoliticians and church leaders have joined thousands of mourners as South Africa remembers the 34 striking miners shot dead by police last week. Security… 23/08/2012
Zuma finally visits miners at heart of Marikana disputeListening to their president, who had finally come to meet them after their mining community erupted in violence, the crowd was silent and subdued. Jacob… 22/08/2012
Extended deadline for striking South Africa miners to report for dutySouth African platinum producer Lonmin has extended for a day, a deadline for striking workers at its Marikana mine to return to work. Workers have been… 20/08/2012
South Africa: Striking miners given deadline to resume workAs striking workers at the Lonmin mine in South Africa mourned their colleagues who were gunned down by police last week, managers issued an ultimatum. The… 20/08/2012
South Africa seeks answers after deadly mine shootingWives and mothers of missing miners have been protesting at the scene of Thursday’s police shooting in South Africa – many of them not knowing if their loved… 17/08/2012
South Africa police claim self-defence in deadly mine clashesSouth Africa’s press has been scathing as the country reels from one of the bloodiest security operations since apartheid. Headlines screamed ‘Bloodbath’… 17/08/2012
Rising death toll in South Africa strike violenceOfficials in South Africa say more than 30 people were killed in clashes with police during a miners’ strike 100km northwest of Johannesburg. Armed… 17/08/2012
S. Africa police open fire on striking minersUp to 18 people have reportedly been killed after South African riot police opened fire on striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin’s Marikana… 16/08/2012
Lonmin threaten to sack striking SAfrican minersTensions between striking miners at a platinum plant near Johannesburg, the police and mine owners Lonmin, increased on Wednesday when a court ruled the… 16/08/2012
Two dead as South African mine union turf war ragesAt least two people have been killed in the latest clash between rival mine workers unions in South Africa. Up to eight others, including two policemen, are… 14/08/2012
Miners march in Madrid as Spain faces fresh austerity“Yes we can!” they shouted in central Madrid. Striking miners marching to the Industry Ministry on Wednesday have already achieved their first objective –… 11/07/2012
Spain’s marching miners arrive in MadridIt has taken nearly three weeks with some covering up to 400 kilometres, but scores of Spanish miners finally arrived in Madrid on Tuesday night at the end of… 11/07/2012
Spanish miners’ long march from coal face to capitalThey have made it to Madrid after nearly three weeks of walking. Now striking Spanish miners are preparing for a massive rally in the capital to highlight… 10/07/2012
Asturias miners march reaches MadridMiners from Asturias in northern Spain have been on strike since May, occupying pits underground and fighting for the survival of their mining towns… 09/07/2012
Peru’s opposition wants PM to quit over mine protest deathsPeru’s opposition wants Prime Minister Oscar Valdes to quit after five people died when police broke up a protest at a planned gold mine in the northern… 07/07/2012
Spanish miners clash with policeProtesting Spanish miners clashed with police in the northwestern town of Caborana on Friday. The miners form one of two groups participating in a so-called… 07/07/2012
‘Deadtowns’ show solidarity with striking Spain minersIt has been almost four weeks since miners in Asturias first went on strike, protesting against government cuts meant to reduce Spain’s budget deficit. The… 18/06/2012
Spain: Striking miners scuffle with policeMiners have clashed with police in Spain’s northwestern province of Asturias, as workers continue a strike against austerity measures. Home-made rockets… 15/06/2012
Spain: Miner protest intensifiesMiners in Asturias, north-west Spain, are continuing their protests against the withdrawal of government subsidies for mines, saying that without the funding… 12/06/2012
Asturias miners continue fight for survivalSpanish miners in Asturias have again clashed with police after 11 days of strike action in protest against the government slashing coal subsidies. Miners… 08/06/2012
State of emergency to tackle Peru anti-mining protestersPeru’s army and police have been given special powers in an effort to end anti-mining protests, which have turned violent. Two people have been killed and… 29/05/2012
Spanish miners strike to save industrySpanish miners are on strike amid fears their entire industry is about to go to the wall. About 40 coal mines remain open in Spain, employing some 8000… 24/05/2012
MSF urges Nigeria to act over deadly lead poisoningA leading charity has criticised the Nigerian government for not doing enough to tackle an outbreak of lead poisoning caused by unofficial gold mining that… 11/05/2012
Peru miners rescued after nearly a week undergroundNine workers trapped inside an illegal gold and copper mine in southern Peru have been rescued. They were brought to the surface early on Wednesday local… 11/04/2012
Rescuers close in on trapped Peruvian minersPeru’s president is over seeing an attempt to rescue nine trapped miners who have spent the last six days underground. The men became stuck about 200 meters… 11/04/2012
Peru government calls for help to free trapped minersThe Peruvian government has appealed for more help to free nine miners trapped for several days in a copper mine after a rockfall. Further collapses have… 09/04/2012
Peru: collapse of illegal mine traps workersRescue services in Peru are still trying to reach nine trapped miners. They have been stuck since the Cabeza de Negro copper and gold mine partially… 09/04/2012
Peru mine rescue nearing endRescue teams are said to be moments away from freeing workers trapped inside an illegal mine in Southern Peru. For now the nine men are being sustained by… 08/04/2012
