22 Jan 2013

Mining

 



Tricky disputes

Are you a sectional title owner living under seemingly unconstitutional rules or involved in a tricky dispute? Need some legal advice? Marina Constas, a director of BBM Attorneys and co-author of the book, Demystifying Sectional Title is offering a free half-hour consultation to sectional title owners during the last week of February, dubbing it Sectional Title Week.

University of the Free State chancellor Professor Jonathan Jansen has told first-year students he is ashamed of South Africa, it was reported on Monday, 21 January. "I'm ashamed of South Africa. It's an absolute disgrace that you can pass matric with a mark of 30%," he said.

Some people might say, join the club...

The migration to digital broadcasting from analogue signal has suffered another major setback after yesterday's decision by the Department of Communications to appeal against last month's court decision in favour of e.tv... It's a pity, but it seems we'll be stuck with analogue somewhat longer.

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has invited the public to submit their tips on what they would like to see in the National Budget, which he will table next month... What about cutting our taxes a bit?

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What did Amplats workers expect after striking?
[Paddy Hartdegen] There is something completely absurd about the knee-jerk reaction that followed Anglo American Platinum's announcement that it planned to cut 14,000 jobs, put three mines onto a care and maintenance programme and close a fourth mine. The outburst from the workers, the unions and even the Minister of Mines, Susan Shabangu defies all our sensibilities. Read more >>


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Labour problems affect Gold Fields
[Allan Seccombe] Gold Fields has warned that 110‚000 ounces of lost production from three major South African mines will affect its performance for the final quarter. It says that unprotected strikes caused the significant drop in production levels. Read more >>

SA labour relations... at a glance
South Africa is widely considered to have one of the most sophisticated labour relations acts in the world. It's impressive, and the envy of many countries and something of which we should be very proud. Read more >>

Rio Tinto's Tom Albanese quits
Tom Albanese has, by mutual agreement with the board‚ stepped down as chief executive of Rio Tinto and iron ore chief executive Sam Walsh has been appointed as his successor with immediate effect. Read more >>

CCMA to facilitate Amplats retrenchments consultation
The Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has been requested by Anglo American Platinum mines (Amplats) to facilitate discussions between itself and the respective unions around possible retrenchments. Read more >>

NW Premier to meet Amplats management
North West Premier Thandi Modise is to lead a delegation from the provincial government to engage Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) management on the outcome of its business review proposal that could leave about 14,000 workers jobless. Read more >>

Kumba says profits may drop by 30%
[Allan Seccombe] SA's largest iron ore company‚ Kumba Iron Ore warned on Wednesday (16 January) that its profits for the year to December would fall by about 30% because of lower prices and production losses caused by a wildcat strike. Read more >>

Shabangu furious over Amplats job cuts
Plans by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) to cut 14,000 jobs came as a shock to the government, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said on Tuesday (15 January) Read more >>

Forbes Coal hurt by labour disputes and coal markets
The month-long labour disruption in November and the challenging international coal market have weighed on Canadian company Forbes and Manhattan Coal Corp‚ with the group reporting a loss of C$2.29m for the third quarter of 2012 after a profit of C$2.35m in the second quarter. Read more >>


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