Sibanye gold
[TIMELINE] Mine safety at Sibanye-Stillwater mines in focus
The company has experienced three fatal incidents in 2018, most of them related to miners being trapped underground.
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[WATCH] #SibanyeGold: Miners free!
After 31 hours underground, nearly 1,000 miners from the Sibanye Gold's Beatrix mine in the Free State have been evacuated after power to the mine failed due to heavy storms in the area.
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Trapped miners finally reunited with their families
The workers were brought to the surface this morning having spent more than 30 hours underground due to a power failure.
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Amcu: Sibanye's safety measures not adequate
Nearly 1,000 mineworkers were trapped underground at the company's Welkom mine this week following an electric cable outage caused by a storm.
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Lonmin says more than 12,000 jobs at risk over next three years
Lonmin, the world’s third biggest platinum producer, has faced the combined pressures of low platinum prices and challenges of operating in South Africa.
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Sibanye-Stillwater to buy troubled platinum producer Lonmin
Its share price in London was up 18% by 0822 GMT, while Sibanye-Stillwater’s fell 2.6% in Johannesburg trade.
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Sibanye-Stillwater: Wage deal will save jobs
The company signed the agreement with Solidarity, the National Union of Mineworkers and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union.
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NUM, Cosatu to march on Sibanye-Stillwater offices over retrenchments
Sibanye last week said it had to retrench the workers at its Cooke gold operations because it had been experiencing difficulties for some time and accumulated losses.
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[ALERT] NUM: Sibanye Gold lays off 2,000 workers at Cooke gold mine
The National Union of Mineworkers says Sibanye has issued termination letters to over 2,000 mine workers at its Cooke gold operation.
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Sibanye-Stillwater shelves plans to shut some SA operations
Sibanye said in January it might cut up to 330 jobs in platinum operations acquired from Anglo American Platinum and Aquarius Platinum.
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Sibanye swings to first-half loss, hit by lawsuit provision, impairments
The company posted a headline loss per share of 147 cents for the six months to 30 June, in line with what it had previously flagged to the market.
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Silicosis lawsuit: Mining companies hope to settle out of court
Six mining companies, including Sibanye Gold and Anglo American, have provisionally set aside around up to R100 million for a possible settlement.
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Sibanye Gold sets aside R1.1bn for possible settlement
A class action suit, mostly relating to the fatal lung disease silicosis, was filed on behalf of miners in 2012.
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Union shocked by looming job cuts at Sibanye Gold
Sibanye Gold announced on Thursday that it intends to retrench around 7,400 workers at its Gauteng and Free State operations.
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NUM to fight Sibanye Gold retrenchments
Sibanye Gold on Thursday announced planned retrenchments of around 7,400 employees at its Gauteng and Free State operations.
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Sibanye Gold aims to restart Cooke mine this week
Underscoring the scale of the problem, 461 illegal miners have been arrested at Cooke since the stoppage began.
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Sibanye Gold's Cooke mine to remain closed as strike continues
Workers are protesting against a company drive to root out illegal miners which has included the arrests of employees for collusion.
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Sibanye Gold to temporarily shut Cooke operation over safety concerns
The strike began after Sibanye announced that it would be implementing measures to combat illegal mining in its shafts.
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Sibanye Gold to resume operations after violent strike
The strike ensued after the company announced that it will be implementing measures to combat illegal mining on all its shafts.
