mining strike in south africa

Miners beg union to end South Africa's longest strike - Yahoo

Jun 12, 2014· By Zandi Shabalala RUSTENBURG South Africa (Reuters) - Workers and shop-stewards from South Africa's AMCU mining union begged leader Joseph Mathunjwa to sign a wage deal with three major platinum firms on Thursday at a mass rally crowning five months of crippling protest. As the longest strike in the 130-year history of South Africa's mines showed its first signs of breaking, …

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South Africa should not rush move away from coal, minister says | …

Oct 07, 2021· South African Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe speaks at the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa, February 3, 2020.

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Striking miners fired on in South Africa - YouTube

Aug 17, 2012· Video shows workers under a hail of bullets shot by police. The police say they were trying to protect their own lives.For more CNN videos, check out our You...

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SA Mine 9th edition - 2017 - PwC

5 SA Mine 9th edition ighlighting trends in the South African mining industry wC 6 South Africa's Mining landscape Overview The 2017 financial year was another tough one for stakeholders in the mining sector: • Investors in aggregate saw a decrease in dividends and market capitalisation after a cautiously optimistic view on a recovery last

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Mining strikes: The costs to SA's economy | SAnews

Mar 05, 2014· South Africa is a world leader in mining, and mining remains the back bone of the country's economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in Johannesburg around 1887. The country's huge and varied mineral reserves play a vital role in the economy, accounting for nearly half of the country's merchandise exports, including ...

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BMW's South African vehicle assembly plant hit by wage strike, …

Oct 11, 2021· The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) launched the strike in the engineering sector last Tuesday after wage hike talks with employer bodies deadlocked. BMW operates its plant at Rosslyn, around 60 kilometres from the commercial city of Johannesburg. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated ...

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South Africa mining strike damage is 'irreparable' - BBC

Mar 25, 2014· South Africa mining strike damage is 'irreparable'. Leaders of South Africa's platinum mines have said the nine-week long strike by workers has caused 'irreparable…

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A history of mining in South Africa (ZA)

Such events are rooted in a strike led by the African Mine Workers' Union in August 1946. Miners of the Witwatersrand were demanding higher pay: an extra 10 shillings a day. The strike went on for a week despite what South African History Online describes as "the most savage police terror". Officially, the police and army attacked the ...

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

The strike lasted 5 months, 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 shows that the strike could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South African …

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Strike - Strike Technologies

Strike Technologies has grown to be a leading South African developer, manufacturer and distributor of globally competitive Medium Voltage Protection Relays, Surge Suppression Equipment, Industrial Earth Leakage Relays and Smart Energy and Demand Metering.

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mining - News24

Mining sector shed 23 000 jobs between 2012 and 2019 as gold lost its glitter. 14 Sep. South Africa's Cullinan mine puts sparkle back in Petra Diamonds. 14 Sep. Second-quarter GDP better than expected, but effect of unrest and lockdowns will hit hard. 08 Sep.

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2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in …

Oct 24, 2014· The five month long strike affected both the workers and the mining companies. 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.

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South African union threatens strike at coal and diamond mines - Mining ... - Mining …

Oct 08, 2020· 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. NUM, one of the biggest mining unions in South Africa, said it had secured a certificate to stage a strike after talks on a wage settlement…

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Strikes spread in South Africa's mining sector | Financial Times …

South Africa is the world's fifth largest gold producer, with production of about 192 tonnes last year, and the threat of strike comes with gold prices at record highs.

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South Africa's SAA workers start strike that could cripple airline | …

South Africa's SAA workers start strike that could cripple airline. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African Airways' future is hanging in the balance after its workers went on strike on Friday to ...

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South Africa: Numsa's Indefinite Strike Will Bring South Africa's …

The strike might be like the one in 2014, which lasted four weeks and cost South Africa's economy R6-billion. South Africa: Numsa's Indefinite Strike Will Bring South Africa's Beleaguered Steel ...

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Miners' Strike: South Africa 1922 - Encyclopedia.com

the strike to disappear. We conduct our analysis using a dynamic CGE model of South Africa. JEL codes: C68, J52 Keywords: Platinum mining strike, computable general equilibrium, UPGEM 1 Introduction The labour strike in South Africa's platinum sector that started on 23 January 2014 became the country's largest and most expensive in history ...

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

GROUNDS FOR A STRIKE: SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINING IN THE 1940s By Wilmot G. James University of Cape Town Introduction The strike of about eighty thousand African gold miners in August 1946 has a special and romantic place in the annals of South African history. As an event it …

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Coal mining strike over, employees due back at work - eNCA

Oct 13, 2015· RUSTENBURG - The strike in the coal mining sector is over. The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) says it's reached an agreement with coal producers. It&39;s a done deal, Coal Sector strike …

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South Africa mining strike to spread to at least 15 firms — Minerals Council - Mining …

Feb 23, 2019· 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 Council South Africa said on Friday. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has been on strike at Sibanye's bullion operations…

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

Dec 01, 2015· In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's platinum industry. The strike lasted 5 months, 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 shows that the strike could also have long lasting negative impacts on the South ...

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Transvaal Miners General Strike 1913 | Global Nonviolent Action …

prime minister and government of South Africa to intervene, and deal fairly with both the mine owners and strikers. On 3 July, the South African Engine Drivers' Association joined the strike. By 4 July, nearly every trade union in South Africa except for the railway workers union was striking in solidarity with the miners. On 4 July the

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South Africa platinum miners to strike - BBC

Jan 21, 2014· South Africa platinum miners to strike On Monday, members of the Association for Mineworkers & Construction Union (AMCU) in South Africa issued mining companies with notices to go on strike within ...

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Miners' Strike: South Africa 1946 - Encyclopedia.com

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 taken by African workers since 1920. Nearly 100,000 black workers struck, completely or …

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Agreement marks end of South Africa platinum mining strike | …

Agreement marks end of South Africa platinum mining strike. Share on twitter (opens new window) ... bringing to an end the longest and costliest wage dispute in the history of South African mining

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After the massacre: life in South Africa's platinum mining belt | South Africa - the Guardian

Aug 15, 2014· 10. 10. O n 16 August 2012, Thembisa Nkuzo was among a group of women who set out from their homes in Nkaneng settlement, in South Africa's platinum mining …

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South Africa girding for another platinum strike - MINING.COM

Jul 10, 2016· South Africa and Russia combined account for close to 80% of global supply of palladium and 70% of platinum output which are mainly used to clean …

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Some of the longest strikes in SA - eNCA

May 14, 2018· The strike was the longest work stoppage in South African history. It continued for five months and cost workers earnings of around R10.6-billion. The industry lost R24-billion in revenue.

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South African Platinum Miners Agree to End Strike - WSJ

Jun 23, 2014· Text. JOHANNESBURG—South Africa's main platinum mining union said Monday that its members agreed to a wage settlement that will end a five-month strike…

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South African Miners Strike for Better Safety Conditions - The New York Times - nytimes.com

Dec 05, 2007· Dec. 5, 2007. JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 4 South Africa's crucial mining sector was hit Tuesday by its biggest strike in two decades, as tens of thousands of …

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MINERS END STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH NO WAGE GAIN - The New York Times

Aug 31, 1987· The strike, although ostensibly over wages and working conditions, was widely seen as the beginning of a battle for South Africa's wealth between powerful white mineowners and black miners.

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The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South …

In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa's platinum industry. The strike lasted five months, 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 shows that the strike

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2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa …

Oct 24, 2014· The five month long strike affected both the workers and the mining companies. 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.

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Strike Halts Platinum Mines in South Africa - WSJ

Jan 23, 2014· Strike Halts Platinum Mining in South Africa Union Members Demanding Pay Raises Stop Work at Sector's Three Largest Producers. Razor wire is …

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The 1987 mineworkers strike - Mining Weekly

Sep 27, 2013· It was at that crucial stage in South Africa's political history that a new trade union movement, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), was founded in …

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