Powerful family aims to sell its $500m stake in coal mining group, chairman says.

Indonesia's powerful Bakrie family is looking to sell its majority stake in the Bumi coal mining group, the company's chairman Samin Tan says.

Indonesia's powerful Bakrie family is looking to sell its majority stake in the Bumi coal mining group, the company's chairman Samin Tan says.

Three days of national mourning are being held following the deaths of at least 37 gold miners killed when a pit collapsed after heavy rains on June 23.

Miner says it has suspended shipments from the massive Tete coal field following threats to disrupt the Sena railway line that carries coal to the coast.

South African police say one other person seriously wounded, sparking fears of a renewed cycle of violence in the troubled platinum belt.