Anglo American Platinum’s plan to shed up to 14 000 jobs has again led to industrial unrest in the Rustenburg area. Workers on Tuesday night refused to go underground, and resumed picketing outside the mines yesterday, Wednesday (16 January).

Impala Platinum Holdings, the world's second-largest platinum mining company, has signed away 51% of its Zimbabwe-based operation, Zimplats.

Apex Management Group, LLC (AMG), an American oil field services management company, has announced what it has decribed as “a game-changing solution that dramatically reduces the cost and environmental impact" of hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking. 

A major hurdle for junior miners is the fact that they find it hard to acquire the finance necessary to build capacity to a point where they can acquire an existing project or execute a greenfield project. However, this was not the case with Wesizwe Platinum, a mining junior that is making a meaningful impact on the South African mining industry.

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Anglo American Platinum has warned shareholders to expect a loss, due mostly to two months of illegal industrial action last year.