Residents of County Durham brought a 86,000 signature petition to Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to demand that he uses his powers under the Town and Country Planning Act to revoke permission for a new opencast coal mine, ‘Bradley’ in Dipton near Consett, due to start work within weeks.
Thirteen people staged a tree-climbing protest in sub-zero temperatures at a contested opencast coal mine site near Dipton and Leadgate, County Durham. They blocked access to the site following the felling of trees and 200 year-old hedges two days before.
Mining Forum of South Africa is planning to stop Sibanye-Stillwater‘s proposed R5.1 Billion takeover of global platinum giant Lonmin. The forum accuses Lonmin of not meeting its obligations to communities.
Neal Froneman warned Ben Magara’s Lonmin that failing to deliver on the platinum firm’s restructuring plans would see the withdrawal of Sibanye-Stillwater’s R5.1bn all share offer, the company of which he is CEO.
To keep the deal alive, Lonmin should avoid burning cash by the time of shareholder votes on the purchase later this year, according to Sibanye.
