AMCU wins permission to strike over wages at Lonmin
South Africa’s Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has been given permission by a government mediator to call a strike over wages against world No. 3 platinum producer Lonmin, the union said on Tuesday. AMCU spokesman Jimmy Gama said the union would consult its members soon about a possible strike at Lonmin, and that miners there could down tools before Christmas or next year.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-platinum-group-metals?oid=221341&sn=Detail.
Questions raised about role of British company in South African mining massacre
See http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2013/11/24/questions-raised-about-role-of-british-company-in-south-african-mining-massacre/.