A growing group of striking mineworkers has begun marching in protest against Lonmin’s call for miners to return to work.
Mining firms faced the logistical challenge of contacting 70 000 miners around the country when they decided to sidestep Amcu in wage negotiations.
Following the killing of three mineworkers near Rustenburg, the police minister says policing will be stepped up when some miners return to work.
Platinum mining companies have expressed their disappointment following news that Amcu’s marathon strike will enter its 15th week.
Amcu has come out strongly against the latest offer to end the three-month-long strike in the platinum sector demanding an "honourable settlement".
Mining companies approaching workers directly with their latest offer could lead to instability on the platinum belt, according to the union.
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At an undisclosed location, mine representatives will continue to meet with Amcu – whose members downed tools demanding a basic salary of R12 500.
Meetings have resumed between Amcu and major platinum mines, but analysts are divided about whether an end to the three-month strike is in sight.
The majority union on the platinum belt will meet with mining bosses on Tuesday for the companies to explain their latest offer.
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Amplats have made a new wage offer to the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union in a bid to end the ongoing strike in the platinum sector.
As a three-month long strike by miners affects the platinum belt, Amplats says its Rustenburg operations are in a marginal financial standing.
Kanana’s miners are being hounded by creditors and their childrens’ school fees are unpaid, but breaking the strike is out of the question.
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The time has surely come for the intervention of wholly independent private conciliation specialists in SA’s mining industry.
Far from hurting the platinum miner, protracted labour action could put the firm on a better footing.
Businesses in the platinum belt are floundering as the mass Amcu strike enters its tenth week.
With no end in sight for Amcu’s strike in the platinum sector, an analyst has predicted producers will "implement extreme measures" to break protests.
The ongoing mineworkers’ strike in the platinum belt has reached a stage where the financial impact is becoming irreversible, say mining heads.
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Amplats is just the first of the three major producers Amcu expects a response from after delivering a list of mineworkers’ grievances.
The Labour Court has postponed a case regarding Amcu’s planned strike in the gold sector to March 14.
The CCMA has objected to the Chamber of Mines’s chief negotiator saying the commission was making it "incredibly frustrating" to reach a settlement.
Amcu members are marching to the Union Buildings, where they are set to hand over a petition raising grievances with government and mining companies.
The CCMA has met the platinum producers’ mediators in talks aimed at ending Amcu’s strike at three platinum mining companies.
A contempt of court application against Amcu has been delayed in the Labour Court, says Anglo American Platinum.
Amcu’s refusal to revise its wage demands reflect little regard for potential job losses, says platinum producers.
Anglo American Platinum says the Amcu strike over wages has resulted in the mining giant losing hundreds of millions of rands in revenue daily.
Wage negotiations and a mediation process, aimed at resolving the Amcu strike at Lonmin, Anglo American and Impala Platinum, is expected to resume.
Amcu, the dominant union in the platinum sector, looks likely to win recognition at Kumba Iron Ore, which announced an increased profit on Tuesday.
The SABC has reported that police allegedly shot and killed a miner during protests at the Amplats plant near Northam in Limpopo.
The issue of labour representation is central to the problems in the industry.
Negotiations between the world’s three largest platinum producers and the majority union have stalled as protest actions ensue in the North West.
The mineworkers’ union is back at the table with platinum producers in an attempt to end the now two-week mineworker strike.
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The world’s largest platinum miner says job cuts are in store to reverse losses as pressure mounts at the mines which can least afford it.