S.African gold miners, unions to resume wage talks

(Reuters) - Unions representing thousands of gold miners and the Chamber of Mines will resume wage talks on July 2, when the chamber will make a new offer to workers, trade union Solidarity said on Thursday.

Solidarity said in a statement that talks between employers and workers would resume after the Chamber of Mines, which negotiates on behalf of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, Gold Fields Ltd and Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd, requested fresh talks.


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Norilsk profit up 154 pct on metals, one-off sale

(Reuters) - Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel and palladium miner, said on Friday 2006 net profit more than doubled on record prices and the sale of a stake in South African miner Gold Fields Ltd..

Norilsk, owned by Russian billionaires Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Prokhorov, said net profit rose 154 percent last year to $5.965 billion, beating analysts' forecasts.


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