The union, which has around 300,000 members, plans to march to Sibanye Stillwater's offices in the West Rand on 11 May to strike over previous and planned mass …
South Africa mining protest ... Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. have alleged that the almost two-month long strike at its South African gold mines is being used as leverage by labor unions for upcoming ...
Some 80,000 gold miners in South Africa, one of the world's biggest producers of the precious metal, have gone on strike, but have significantly reduced their demand for higher pay.
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 4 South Africa's crucial mining sector was hit Tuesday by its biggest strike in two decades, as tens of thousands of workers stayed home to protest poor safety conditions that ...
South Africa's long-divided mining unions have scored a win since forging a united front against the industry's largest employer as the country's labour arbitration body has cleared them to strike...
SPRINGS, South Africa (AP) — Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute left a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, …
In South African labour law, strikes are a fundamental right for workers to collectively express their grievances and negotiate better working conditions. However, it is important to understand the distinction between protected and unprotected strikes to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) threatened on Friday to call a strike at mining companies De Beers, Exxaro and Petra Diamonds after failing to reach wage agreements.
Miners' Strike. South Africa 1922. Synopsis. In early 1922, white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike. The strike soon became a violent rebellion—sometimes known as the Rand Revolt—that pitted the white miners against the mine owners and the government.
Unions have threatened a full-on strike at Sibanye-Stillwater over a dispute concerning the share ownership payments for mine workers. The mine announced that dozens of workers who had...
South African economy expands in the second quarter. ... The transport, storage & communication industry was the biggest drag on overall GDP growth, driven lower by strike action and softer freight volumes in the second quarter. ... Mining, manufacturing, electricity, capacity utilisation : Hlabi Morudu ...
30,000 coal miners go on strike in South Africa. More than 30,000 coal miners in South Africa have launched an indefinite strike after discussions over wages failed. October 5, 2015. Share ... Coal Mining in South Africa to 2022 . Reports. South Africa Coal Mining to 2023 . Data Insights
As anticipated last week, about 80,000 South African gold miners went on strike Tuesday night after wage talks broke down, threatening to cause millions of dollars in lost output in the crisis-hit ...
Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE: SSW, NYSE: SBSW) Kroondal operations in South Africa are the stage of a protest by disgruntled workers who claim they have yet to receive payments under the company ...
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on last week said it was planning to strike at De Beers' Venetia mine after wage talks broke down, ... preparing them for a protected indefinite strike." South Africa's labour laws require workers to give a 48 hour notice before embarking on a strike. ... De Beers started production ...
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The move comes ahead of wage talks in South Africa's coal, gold and diamond sectors expected to begin next month. In March, the NUM said it may seek pay hikes of up to for its lowest paid ...
South African unions representing gold miners said Wednesday wage negotiations have reached a standstill and that a legal strike is imminent, after they rejected offers from seven companies.
More than 2,000 workers have remained underground Tuesday, Dec. 19 in two shafts at Implats' Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine in the North West province of South Africa for a second day in a protest over pay and …
Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE: SSW, NYSE: SBSW) Kroondal operations in South Africa are the stage of a protest by disgruntled workers who claim they have yet to receive payments under the...
About 500 workers belonging to the South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have downed tools at Glencore Plc (LON:GLEN)'s Koornfontein coal mine in a dispute over pay.
At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater who on strike over wages and job cuts, Minerals ...
The Transnet strike is also set to worsen the mining industry's logistics woes. Even before the strike, South Africa's Minerals Council had projected a revenue loss of 50 billion rand ($2.76 ...
Thungela Resources Ltd., South Africa's biggest shipper of thermal coal, has said a prolonged strike of two weeks would curtail as much as 300,000 tons of export production.
That year, a strike led by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) forced major producers Amplats (LSE:AAL), Implats (OTCMKTS:IMPUY) and Lonmin (LSE:LMI) to shed over 70,000 jobs.
Miners' StrikeSouth Africa 1946 Source for information on Miners' Strike: South Africa 1946: St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact dictionary. ... James, Wilmot G. "Grounds For a Strike: South African Gold Mining in the 1940s." African Economic History 16 (1987): 1-22. Moodie, T ...
Over 30,000 workers are expected to walk picket lines starting at 18:00 local time, DW Akademie reported.. NUM wants a 14 percent increase in wages for miners and officials plus a 13 to 14 percent ...
South African mining union National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) are holding an indefinite strike at the Nkomati Nickel Mine in eastern Nkomati demanding bonus pay. NUM deputy general secretary and the chief negotiator at Nkomati mine William Makgabo Mabapa said that the strike will include every shift, and will continue indefinitely until the ...
South African mining minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi said on Saturday he had "done enough work" in mediating between the AMCU union and the world's top three platinum firms and he believed the two ...
Together the South African companies' mines produce 3.5 million ounces in 2012; almost 60% of the world's platinum. South Africa together with Russia control more than three-quarters of world ...
Production at South Africa's mines has suffered numerous setbacks, including strikes and a decline in the operating environment, causing a major headache for Anglo American, one of the world's biggest producers. Ozge Ibrahim assesses the risks faced by the company, one of the industry's biggest producers.
sufficient to compensate for the shortages on the South African side of the labor market.13 With regards to Central and South-Central Africa, these areas were closed to recruiters since 1913 for health reasons.14 Mortality rates among Central Africans were to the government and, to some degree the Chamber of Mines, unacceptably high.15 Thus,
Mining accounted for 4% of gross domestic product in 2022, employed about 476,000 people and generated 878 billion rand ($50 billion) of exports, according to the Minerals Council South Africa, a ...
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) went on strike at the Impala Platinum mines in Rustenburg this week. Among the key demands raised by the workers is an end to exploitation by labor contractors ... Soon after the strike began, Reagetswe Mining approached the Labor Court in Johannesburg in an attempt to block the action ...
The South African mining strike that began on September 10th has continued to spread throughout the country. As the strike has picked up momentum, investors have begun to worry about the impact on commodities.South Africa is one of the most resource-rich nations on earth, as its soil is home to an abundance of hard assets, especially precious metals.
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. have alleged that the almost two-month long strike at its South African gold mines is being used as leverage by labor unions for upcoming wage negotiations at its...
The South African mining industry shed 20,000 jobs in the 12 months leading to June 2013, and that trend was set to continue due to low margins, cost pressures and volatile commodity prices. ... By the time a deal was reached, the strike had become the longest and most costly in South African history. After the strike, Anglo American Platinum ...
More than 2,200 platinum miners on Monday launched the fourth underground protest to hit South Africa's crucial mining industry in two months.
The 16-week wage strike is taking a heavy toll on the three companies which have reportedly lost more than $1.6 billion in revenues to date.
