South Africa Miners

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  India, South Africa To Deepen Ties In Defence, Manufacturing Sectors

  Ratcheting up their traditional ties, India and South Africa today agreed to deepen engagement in key areas of defence production, manufacturing, mining and minerals while vowing to cooperate "actively" in combating terrorism and dealing with issues at multilateral fora.

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  More Than 100 People Missing After South Africa Mine Collapse: Official

  More than 100 people were unaccounted for after a gold mine in Mpumalanga province in northeastern South Africa caved in, a union official said today, while emergency services said 49 miners had so far been brought to the surface.

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  4 Killed In South African Platinum Mine Fire

  Four miners have died in an underground fire in a platinum mine near South Africa's main city Johannesburg, the Impala group said in a statement.

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  South African Coal Miners End Strike

  South African coal mineworkers today ended a 10-day strike after reaching a pay agreement with employers, their union said, relieving pressure on the country's strained power supply.

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  South Africa's Mine Massacre Town Sees Little Change 3 Years On

  Almost three years after South African police shot 34 striking miners dead outside platinum producer Lonmin's Marikana mine, little has changed in this hardscrabble town that has become a symbol of post-apartheid hardship and inequities.

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  South Africa Mining Massacre Report to be Submitted Today

  The official report into the police killing of 34 South African miners in 2012 is due to be submitted to President Jacob Zuma today, with rights groups demanding that its findings are published immediately.

• Nearly 500 South African Workers Rescued after Mine Fire

  Nearly 500 miners who were trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in South Africa on Sunday were brought to the surface safely, a spokeswoman for mining company Harmony Gold said.

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  Gold Steady; Platinum Gains as South African Strike Ends

  South Africa's AMCU union declared a five-month platinum strike "officially over" on Monday, bringing to an end the longest work stoppage in the country's history. Miners are expected to return to work this week.

• Eight Miners Shot Dead at South African Gold Mine

  Eight suspected illegal gold miners were found shot dead at a disused mine near Johannesburg at the weekend, police said Monday.

• South Africa Government in Final Bid to Help End Platinum Strike

  The world's largest platinum producers and striking South African miners were holding last-ditch talks under government mediation Monday in a bid to end a crippling five-month strike.

• Study Claims South Africa Platinum Firms can Afford Strike Demands

  Top platinum producers could afford wage hikes demanded by striking miners in South Africa if their shareholders took a cut in dividends, a study said Friday, as the country's longest-ever strike rumbled on.

• With picks and prayers, illegal miners risk all for South African gold

  After eight days decomposing in a disused South African gold mine, 32-year-old Blessing's body was so bloated it could barely fit through the tiny tunnel entrance hidden at the foot of a towering mine dump in a town east of Johannesburg.

• South African miner Gold Fields fires 8,500 strikers

  South African miner Gold Fields on Tuesday fired 8,500 workers who refused to halt an illegal stoppage at its KDC East mine, a spokesman said.

• Police fire at striking mineworkers in South Africa

  Striking miners killed one man by setting him on fire Thursday while another was shot and seriously wounded in rekindled labour unrest in South Africa that saw police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

• 12,000 sacked as S Africa mine strike turns deadly

  The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, sacked 12,000 striking workers in South Africa on Friday, just hours after a miner was killed in clashes with police.