Differences over possible job cuts in South Africa’s platinum mines emerged on Tuesday as mining union Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) prepared to sign...
New mines minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said on Wednesday that the deadlock in the country’s crippling platinum strike would soon be broken. This is as movement has...
Talks to end a strike over pay that has crippled production at the world’s largest platinum mines will resume in South Africa tomorrow. The Commission for...
A South African union representing striking platinum miners held wage talks with employers on Friday amid reports of some confrontations around the mines. Association of Mineworkers...
South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has appealed for calm and dialogue ahead of a planned strike this week by tens of thousands of workers at...
South Africa’s economy cannot afford more mine labor unrest, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Monday, as the platinum industry’s main trade union served notice on...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) declared a wage dispute on Thursday with platinum producer Lonmin, raising the prospect of sector-wide...
(Reuters) – Fewer than one in five workers turned up for work at Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats) South African platinum mines around the city of Rustenburg,...
Members of South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) will stage a work stoppage to protest job cuts, AMCU...
Some 5,600 mineworkers at the world’s top platinum producer Anglo American Platinum downed tools overnight at the firm’s South African operations, demanding the reinstatement of suspended...
(Reuters) – Miners at South Africa’s Anglo American Platinum operations will stage a work stoppage from Thursday evening over proposed job cuts, a branch official for...
South African workers of the world’s third largest platinum producer Lonmin have engaged in industrial action, halting all of the company’s mine operations and reigniting fears...
Anglo American’s platinum arm, under pressure from South Africa’s government, could announce a restructuring plan as early as Thursday that will sharply scale back job losses...
The National Union of Mineworkers, an ally of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, said it will ask for a double-digit increase in pay when negotiating...
(Reuters) – South Africa’s gold mining companies have been hit by union demands for wage hikes but the industry has little room to budge as current...
