After protracted negotiations, the strike by the National Union of Mineworkers at Harmony’s Free State operations will be called off by Wednesday night.
The parties reached an agreement in principle that the issues in dispute have been adequately addressed, and an agreement will be signed later on Wednesday, Harmony’s Ferdie Dippenaar said in a statement.
”Employees at the original Harmony and Freegold operations would return to work with the night shift on Wednesday April 6,” he added.
The strike, which would have lasted eight working days, cost the company about 45 000 oz in lost production, equating to about $18-million (R111-million) in lost revenue, Dippenaar’s statement added. — Sapa