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Aug 17, 2012· MARIKANA, South Africa — The police fired on machetewielding workers engaged in a wildcat strike at a platinum mine here on Thursday, leaving a .
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Aug 17, 2012· MARIKANA, South Africa — The police fired on machetewielding workers engaged in a wildcat strike at a platinum mine here on Thursday, leaving a .
May 19, 2015· The long read: In 2012 a strike at the Marikana mine in South Africa ended in the killing of 34 miners. Investigations have revealed one man emerged who .
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The South Africa miners strike was a oneday strike by the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa over working conditions and safety in the country''s mining was the first ever industrywide miners'' strike in South African history
The immediate impacts on local mining towns were particularly severe, but our research shows that the strike could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South African economy as a whole. We find that it is not the higher nominal wages itself that caused the most damage, but the possible reaction by investors in the mining industry ...
The white South African State was mobilised and rampant in defence of its cheap labour policy and big dividends for the mining magnates and big business. This marked the opening of a phase of intense repression by the racist regime of the day, led by Field Marshal Smuts, against the forces for change in South Africa.
Mar 15, 2019· South Africa''s labor court has rejected a request by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to hold an industrywide strike .
At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at SibanyeStillwater who downed tools over wages and job cuts, Minerals ...
Nov 22, 2018· South Africa''s SibanyeStillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) has halted all its gold mining operations in the country after violence broke out overnight during a strike .
May 28, 2014· Months of mining strikes in South Africa pushed its economy into contraction in the first quarter of this year, and with no resolution in sight, the outlook remains bleak. South Africa''s real ...
Sep 21, 2017· South Africa''s National Union of Mineworkers said on Thursday its members would go on an indefinite strike at Petra Diamonds Ltd''s Koffiefontein Mine in the Northern Cape of South Africa.
Sep 03, 2019· BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — After a prolonged strike and a string of workplace fatalities in South Africa, executives at SibanyeStillwater are leaning heavily on its Montana platinum mines to turn things around at one of the world''s largest precious metals mining companies. The firm posted a 19 ...
Aug 31, 1987· More than 250,000 black miners agreed today to end South Africa''s largest and costliest strike after three weeks. The gold and coal miners failed to win any improvement over a prestrike .
Jun 25, 2014· After five months, South Africa''s platinum miners strike has ended with a deal that will see the lowest paid workers receiving increases of R1,000 (£55) a month.
As South Africa''s biggest postapartheid mine strike marks its eighth week on Thursday, it is already denting growth and export earnings, and many of those affected are having to sell their most ...
South Africa is home to the world''s biggest platinum group metals deposits and accounts for just over 90 percent of global production. The mining firms were considering the notices and vowed to "everything in their power" to prevent a strike, including legal action, the council said in the statement.
Palladium prices rose to a record high on Tuesday as the threat of strikes in South Africa''s mining sector exacerbated supply concerns in an already tight market. Meanwhile, gold prices steadied.
Feb 28, 2019· The world''s biggest platinum miners won a reprieve after a South African court reserved judgment on whether to block a weeklong industry strike that was scheduled to start Thursday night.
Dec 24, 2018· South Deep is the world''s second largest goldbearing ore mine, but has been unprofitable for a decade, due to deep deposits and rising strike which began on November 2 ended on December 13. The mining house reached a settlement with the workers, with retrenchments going ead as planned. SibanyeStillwater
economic sector in South Africa (Chamber of Mines South Africa, 2012). The South African unionised labour market is particularly active when it comes to wage negotiations which often results in strike action, however in recent days we have seen extraordinary increase in illegal strikes in addition to legal strikes (Gold Fields Limited, 2012).
May 20, 2019· From the world''s largest handdug mine to strike action with fatal violence on both sides, South Africa''s mining industry has been one of the country''s most influential for over a hundred years. We look at the history of mining in South Africa.
Nov 09, 2017· Coal miners wage strike looming . ... Some of the mining companies are also proposing onceoff payments as part of the wage offers. ... South Africa progressed into .
Once South Africa''s most beloved precious metal, gold production has steadily declined over the last few decades. In the last 20 years, gold miners have only seen two years of positive annual growth (in 2002 and 2013). South Africa produced 83% less gold in 2018 than it did in 1980.
Aug 13, 2019· South Africa''s largest platinummining union has rejected initial wage offers from two of the world''s biggest producers and accused Sibanye Gold Ltd. of trying to provoke a strike. Sibanye''s ...
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