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NUM threatens to intensify strike as Modikwa withdraws offer

Modikwa platinum mine, a joint venture between African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), has withdrawn from negotiations with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). The mine said on Wednesday that the protracted...

NUM calls for technical audit as two more miners die

Two mineworkers died over the weekend at the Modikwa platinum mine – a joint venture between African Rainbow Minerals and Anglo American Platinum, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said. The union expressed concern over the...

Implats gives workers until Friday to reapply for jobs

Platinum mining company Impala Platinum (Implats) has given its dismissed workers until Friday to reapply for their jobs, spokesperson Bob Gilmore said. This was an agreement made during a meeting between the miner and the National Union of...

NUM rejects Lonmin wage offer

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has rejected platinum miner Lonmin’s latest wage increase of 8%. The NUM said Lonmin increase its wage offer for category three workers from 7.5% to 8%, while it also raised its wage offer for categories...

NUM and Xstrata agree to resolve Esop dispute as DMR intervenes

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and diversified miner Xstrata have agreed to resolve a dispute over an Employee Share Ownership Programme (Esop) within seven days, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) said on Tuesday. The parties met...

Eastplats says Crocodile River production halved by strike

TSX-, Aim-, and JSE-listed Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) on Thursday reported that platinum production had been halved to 210 oz/d at its Crocodile River mine, due to “peaceful” industrial action by about 756 members of the National Union of...

Xstrata withdraws Esop, NUM vows to intensify strike

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Wednesday appealed to the Mineral Resources Department to withdraw diversified miner Xstrata’s mining licence as a result of the union’s dispute with the company over its proposed Employee Share...

Village plans to fire 840 striking Cons Murch workers

JSE-listed Village Main on Thursday stated that it had started a process to dismiss members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) who took part in an unprotected strike in the form of a go-slow at its Cons Murch mine in Limpopo. Thus,...

NUM agrees wage deal with Amplats

South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday it had agreed a two-year wage deal with world number-one platinum producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats). The wage deal would see the lowest-paid workers receive a 10%...

NUM, Implats reach wage deadlock

age negotiations between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the world's second-largest platinum miner Impala Platinum (Implats) broke down on Friday. NUM spokesperson Lesiba Seshoka told Mining Weekly Online that the case would now be...

De Beers SA employees return to work after two-week wage strike

Diamond miner De Beers remained confident that it would be able to meet its production targets for 2011, following a 14-day strike at its South African operations, head of industrial relations Wayne Smerdon said on Friday. A two-year wage deal...