Chamber, Cosatu agree on labour framework
Gold mining companies make some significant concessions as they and trade
federation Cosatu discuss ways to bring the current spate of wildcat strikes to an
end.
Strike forces Kumba’s Sishen to standstill
Production has been halted at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine while clients would
continue to be supplied from stockpiles at the mine and Saldanha Bay, it said.
Carroll takes up De Beers chair
Cynthia Carroll, CEO of Anglo American, has been appointed chairperson of diamond
business De Beers in which the UK-listed group recently extended control to 85%.
Shabangu blames Implats for strike contagion
Susan Shabangu, South Africa’s mines minister, said Impala Platinum’s increase of
miner wages last year was the root cause of the country’s current strike contagion.
300 Sishen employees on strike
Kumba Iron Ore says about 300 employees at the company’s Sishen mine in the
Northern Cape have embarked on an unprotected work stoppage.
Existing wage deal offers pay hike loophole
Mineworkers within the gold and coal sectors may be in line for additional salary
increases this year without the need to amend existing formal wage agreements.
Eskom vulnerable as truck driver strike rolls on
Return-to-service power stations owned by Eskom may be vulnerable to coal supply
disruptions on the back of the truck drivers’ strike, now in its second week.
Gold Fields, NUM solve South Deep impasse
Gold Fields and the National Union of Mineworkers have settled their differences over
working conditions and an operational model at the company’s South Deep mine.
Wounded NUM eyes up to R18,000 per month
The National Union of Mineworkers will present wage demands of as high as R18,000
per month to the Chamber of Mines.
Amplats disciplinary hearings start
Anglo American Platinum is holding disciplinary hearings on Tuesday, saying striking
workers who fail to present themselves will be dismissed.