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New strike hits South African gold mine

 — Protesters gather at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa on August 17, 2012 where the day before 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking mineworkers.

The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South Africa…

 — South African studies on industrial action in the mining industry have examined the national economic effect of strikes in platinum mines, while others examined strike effects on financial ...

Gold One gets interdict against strike, 500 miners allegedly …

 — Gold One has succeeded in interdicting a strike in which more than 500 workers are being held "hostage" at its mine in Springs, allegedly by members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).. The interdict, which the Labour Court granted against the AMCU and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) …

AMCU threatens major strike over Sibanye …

 — 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...

30,000 coal miners go on strike in South Africa

 — 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

South Africa girding for another platinum strike

 — 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.

Bafokeng mine strike has ended, disciplinary action to

 — The unprotected underground protest action at Impala Bafokeng's platinum mine, which began on Monday, has ended with all miners safely returning to the surface …

South African Miners Strike for Better Safety Conditions

 — 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 ...

More than 500 people 'being held hostage' in South Africa gold mine

 — The two have been competing for bargaining rights over various South African mines, and their feuding was partially responsible for the Marikana massacre of 2012, when 34 miners on strike were ...

Sibanye hit by underground protest at South Africa mine

 — 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 African platinum workers eye windfall as wage talks …

 — AMCU, which in 2014 led the longest ever platinum mining strike in South Africa, plans to negotiate jointly with the rival National Union of Mineworkers, Gama said.

Diamond workers strike adds to South Africa mining woes

 — Employees of diamond mining company De Beers are set to go on strike on Friday after wage talks broke down on Wednesday. The workers follow tens of thousands of others in South Africa's coal ...

South Africa shocked by police shootings at mine

 — Protesters gather at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa on August 17, 2012 where the day before 34 people were killed when police opened fire on striking mineworkers.

Strike crimping South African mining exports set to worsen

 — 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.

Grounds for a Strike: South African Gold Mining in the …

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,

Miners' Strike in South Africa Raises the Spirit of Resistance

 — THE nationwide strike launched last week by more than 300,000 black miners has caused new political uncertainty in South Africa. The strike raised the spirits of the anti-apartheid movement ...

CSR and Labor Policies in the South African Mining Industry

 — Fine and Rustomjee posit that South Africa has been a leading global supplier of minerals and mineral products for a long time.Neingo and Tholana aver that the mining industry in South Africa directly adds about 7% to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).Also, the industry is responsible for at least R540 billion in exports each …

South African 'hostage' miners emerge from …

 — More than 500 miners failed to emerge at the end of their night shift on Sunday, local media reported earlier this week. The NUM, the only formally recognised union at the mine, said they...

The African Mine workers strike of 1946

The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers, but the racist policies of the segregationist state of Jan Smuts.

Hundreds of miners leave South Africa gold mine after being …

 — 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, …

Miners' Strike: South Africa 1946

Miners' Strike. South Africa 1946. Synopsis. In August 1946 the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU) in South Africa called a strike of black miners in the country's Witwatersrand gold producing region. The strike was the first widespread action …

South African gold miners go on strike

 — It has been estimated that the gold miners' strike could cost South Africa more than $30m (£20m) a day in lost output. Mine owners are warning it could lead to gold mines closing and thousands of ...

Risky business: Anglo American's South African struggle

 — 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.

A History of Gold Mining in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania

 — The African continent is richly endowed with significant mineral, oil and gas resources, including large reserves of gold. As noted in the previous chapter, the continent is home to a large portion of the world's mineral wealth, including 42 per cent of the world's known gold reserves (Bush, 2008, p. 361).The continent's largest producer of gold, …

MINERS END STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH NO WAGE …

 — More than 250,000 black miners agreed today to end South Africa's largest and costliest strike after three weeks. ... The biggest previous mine strike was in 1946, when about 100,000 miners walked ...

South Africa's busiest port Durban hobbled by strike

 — 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 ...

Miners' unions threaten strikes at Sibanye

 — South Africa's mining unions have been cleared to strike after a breakdown in wage negotiations with Sibanye-Stillwater. The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, an independent …

Miners' Strike: South Africa 1922

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.

More than 2,200 miners in South Africa stage strike

 — More than 2,200 platinum miners on Monday launched the fourth underground protest to hit South Africa's crucial mining industry in two months.

South African 'hostage' miners emerge from underground …

 — South African 'hostage' miners emerge from underground amid union dispute. ... (NUM), said on Wednesday that 107 miners "have come back to the surface" at the Gold One mine, east of ...

Report on the recent South African miners' strike

 — Workers at the Everest mine in South Africa have gone on wildcat strike about health and safety issues. Echoes of the past: Marikana, cheap labour and the 1946 miners strike Chris Webb puts the Lonmin massacre in some historical perspective.

South African Labor Unrest in Mining Deepens

 — In a speech to striking workers at a gold mine on Monday, Julius Malema, the firebrand former leader of the African National Congress Youth League, called for a national mining strike until wages ...

Marikana Massacre 16 August 2012

 — Striking mine workers gather on hill on 16 August 2012, before massacre occurs. ... NUM and AMCU, were found not to have had full control of its members who embarked on the unprotected strike. …

South African union threatens strike at coal and diamond …

 — 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.

The impact of the 2014 platinum mining strike in South Africa…

Downloadable (with restrictions)! In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's platinum industry. The strike lasted 5months, ending in June 2014 when producers reached an agreement with the main labour unions. The immediate impacts on local mining towns were particularly severe, but our research …

More than 2,000 mine workers extend …

 — 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 …

Sibanye-Stillwater faces strike at South Africa gold mines

 — 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 ...

South African Mining 2024 Outlook: Navigating …

 — As South African mining grapples with numerous challenges and opportunities, stakeholders in the industry must navigate the complex landscape by fostering collaboration, embracing technological …