

* Northam says it could buy new platinum mines * Company says has funding options * FY earnings plunge after strike By Zandi Shabalala JOHANNESBURG, A...


(Corrects paragraphs 1 and 10 to make clear company had earnings of 2.2 cents per share, not a loss of 2.2 cents.) * Northam says it could buy new pla...


* Reboot process frought with difficulty -Harmony Gold CEO * Amplats says has reached 60 pct of pre-strike output * Implats making "reasonable progres...


* Ramaphosa says miners live in appalling conditions * Probe is looking into police killing of 34 striking miners * Government forcing mines to improv...