Nov 22, 2018· South Africa''s SibanyeStillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) has halted all its gold mining operations in the country after violence broke out overnight during a strike .
Jun 25, 2014· After five months, South Africa''s platinum miners strike has ended with a deal that will see the lowest paid workers receiving increases of R1,000 (£55) a month.
Ever since the Kimberley diamond strike of 1868, South Africa has been a world leader in diamond production. [citation needed] The primary South African sources of diamonds, including seven large diamond mines around the country, are controlled by the De Beers Consolidated Mines Company.
the mining income to the GDP from 2002 to 2011 thus making it an important economic sector in South Africa (Chamber of Mines South Africa, 2012). The South African unionised labour market is particularly active when it comes to wage negotiations which often results in strike action, however in .
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 economy as a whole. We find that it is not the higher nominal wages itself that caused the most damage, but the possible reaction by investors in the mining industry ...
Platinum Markets Rocked After South Africa Mining Strike, Shootings. By Anita Powell. ... after platinum miners in South Africa held a wildcat strike for higher wages at the Lonmin mine and 34 of ...
Sep 21, 2017· South Africa''s National Union of Mineworkers said on Thursday its members would go on an indefinite strike at Petra Diamonds Ltd''s Koffiefontein Mine in the Northern Cape of South Africa.
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 taken by African workers since 1920.
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Oct 04, 2015· 30,000 South African coal miners poised to strike Andrew Topf | October 4, 2015 | 2:05 pm Energy Africa Coal The fate of the South African mining industry is .
South Africa is already a tough sell. In a 2016 survey of attractiveness to mining investors, the Fraser Institute, a freemarket thinktank, ranked South Africa 74th of 104 mining jurisdictions ...
May 28, 2014· Months of mining strikes in South Africa pushed its economy into contraction in the first quarter of this year, and with no resolution in sight, the outlook remains bleak.
Mar 05, 2014· With South Africa''s economy built on gold and diamond mining, the sector is also an important foreign exchange earner. But economists are concerned that continued strikes in major mining companies could damage the South African economy and hold back growth and employment.
Mar 15, 2019· South Africa''s labor court has rejected a request by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to hold an industrywide strike .
Jan 15, 2019· The world''s largest platinum and 2nd largest palladium producing nation (just behind mother Russia) will have an even bigger mining strike on its hands next week.. Here''s more bullish precious metals news to add to the ongoing, almost daily record palladium price levels occurring.. News out of South Africa indicates the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) will go .
The GDP of South Africa contracted in the first quarter of 2014, pulled down by the steepest drop in mining production (25% of which 19% was directly attributable to the strike) in 50 years. It was the first contraction since 2009. Fitch Ratings downgraded its outlook on South Africa to "negative" from "stable".
Nov 09, 2017· Coal miners wage strike looming ... Some of the mining companies are also proposing onceoff payments as part of the wage offers. ... A South African .
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 Yo...
Palladium surged to a record high on Tuesday, rising above 1,550, as the threat of strikes in the South African mining industry aggravated supply concerns in an already tight market, while gold ...
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.
At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at SibanyeStillwater who downed tools over wages and job cuts, Minerals ...
South Africa is home to the world''s biggest platinum group metals deposits and accounts for just over 90 percent of global production. The mining firms were considering the notices and vowed to "everything in their power" to prevent a strike, including legal action, the council said in the statement.
Aug 02, 2011· A strike in South Africa''s gold mining sector ended on Tuesday after a 2year wage deal was clinched, unions and the Chamber of Mines said. The strike at AngloGold Ashanti, .
Jul 10, 2016· In what seems like an annual event, platinum mining companies in South Africa are bracing for what could be another year of labour unrest.