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FILE: Impala Platinum's Marula mine in Limpopo. Picture: www.implats.co.za

Implats platinum mine

UPDATE: 19 miners test positive for COVID-19 at Implats Marula mine in Limpopo

By Veronica Mokhoali

Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said contract tracing has begun, while it’s still not clear if the mine will halt operations.

  • Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Picture: @DMR_SA/Twitter

    Mantashe vows to confront Minerals Council over job losses

    Minister Mantashe says mining companies should find ways they could optimise production and not run to cutting jobs.

    1454 days ago
  • Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa briefs the media on 4 August 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Mathunjwa: One job loss, one too many

    Amcu held a briefing on Tuesday following an announcement last week that the platinum producer plans to cut around 13,000 jobs over the next two years.

    1461 days ago
  • Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa. Picture: @_AMCU/Twitter

    Implats: Amcu strike could lead to more job losses

    On Tuesday, Amcu held a briefing warning of a looming strike in the sector if talks over planned retrenchments fail.

    1461 days ago
  • Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa briefs the media on 4 August 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    [WATCH] Amcu threaten to strike at Implats over job cuts

    Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa says the union will embark on an unspecified industrial action at Impala Platinum if talks over the company's plans to cut a third of its workforce fail.

    1461 days ago
  • Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg. Picture: implats.co.za.

    Body of mineworker trapped at Impala found

    The worker is one of two employees who were trapped underground following a rock fall last month.

    2256 days ago
  • Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg. Picture: implats.co.za

    Implats: Miner’s body found in shaft

    Two rock drill operators were trapped when a shaft caved in at the Rustenburg mine on Tuesday.

    2271 days ago
  • FILE: Impala Platinum's Marula mine in Limpopo. Picture: www.implats.co.za.

    SA's Implats CEO to step down in December

    Implats raised R4bn in 2015 to develop two of its most important shafts while closing other projects.

    2272 days ago
  • Impala Platinum Mine. Picture: Implats.co.za.

    Two workers missing after mine collapse at Impala Platinum

    Nine workers were trapped and operations suspended after the shaft collapsed on Tuesday afternoon.

    2272 days ago
  • FILE: Implats said this month it was considering closing a shaft and another section of Rustenburg. Picture: www.implats.co.za.

    Implats starts closing mine shaft

    Implats said this month it was considering closing a shaft and another section of Rustenburg.

    2514 days ago
  • Impala Platinum’s Marula mine in Limpopo. Picture: Supplied.

    Implats mulls increased mechanisation

    The company will unveil the results of a strategic review in December.

    2901 days ago
  • A restructuring is expected in South Africa’s platinum sector after a strike by Amcu which ended in June. Picture: www.implats.co.za.

    Implats embarks on strategic review

    A restructuring is expected in South Africa’s platinum sector after a strike by Amcu which ended in June.

    2902 days ago
  • FILE. While it won’t say which, Sibanye Gold has publicly expressed interest in acquiring platinum mines. Picture: AFP

    Sibanye Gold looks to acquire platinum mines

    While it won’t say which, Sibanye Gold has publicly expressed interest in acquiring platinum mines.

    2970 days ago
  • Hundreds of striking Amcu miners wait patiently as the sun sets to hear what the latest offer is from platinum producers on 12 June 2014. Picture: Reinart Torrien/EWN.

    Implats: Wage talks with Amcu continue

    Impala Platinum says platinum producers and Amcu are still trying to resolve outstanding issues.

    2975 days ago
  • FILE: A mining specialist says investors want certainty and the government needs to start setting the record straight. Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    ‘Mining investors looking elsewhere in Africa’

    Mining specialist Olivier Barbeau says government needs to set the record straight.

    2994 days ago
  • Violence broke out at the Implats mine near Rustenburg on 14 May 2014 during a mining strike. Picture: iWitness

    Vandalism at Rustenburg mine

    Cars belonging to staff at a Rustenburg mine were vandalised during the platinum strike.

    3005 days ago
  • FILE: Thousands of Amcu mineworkers marched to Lonmin’s headquarters in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, on 3 April 2014. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Amcu strike costs soar

    The strike in the platinum sector is on the eve of its 12th week with no end in sight.

    3036 days ago
  • Thousands of Amcu mineworkers march to Lonmin’s headquarters in Melrose Arch on 3 April. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Amcu warns mining bosses

    The union has warned the world's three biggest platinum producers not to underestimate its endurance.

    3048 days ago
  • Amcu President Joseph Mathunjwa on the first day of the union's strike on the platinum belt in January 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Mine wage talks suspended indefinitely

    The strike by over 80,000 Amcu members is already in its seventh week.

    3077 days ago
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