[miningmx.com] – THE South African government recognised the importance of the mining sector to the economy and was “working hard” to end a strike by the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU).
Pravin Gordhan, finance minister, told Bloomberg News at the World Economic Forum in Davos over the weekend that: “The mining sector is crucial to the South African economy”.
“Government is working very hard at mediating some of the differences between employers and labor unions’ to end the strike, Gordhan said.
AMCU’s strike is now in its third day and has seen an estimated 70,000 to 80,000 workers in the platinum industry come out on strike.
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