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* Gold Fields says workers did not return to KDC West
* Strike spreads to Beatrix mine
* Close to 24,000 Gold Fields workers now on strike
By Agnieszka Flak
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 25 (Reuters) – World No. 4 bullion
producer Gold Fields said workers reneged on a deal to
end a two-week strike at its KDC West operation in South Africa
and miners at its Beatrix mine had also downed tools.
A wave of wildcat action is roiling South Africa’s mines,
including a six-week stoppage at platinum producer Lonmin
last month in which 45 people were killed.
“The strike is still on, they ignored the agreement reached
Friday night. And the strike has now spread to Beatrix,” Gold
Fields spokesman Willie Jacobsz told Reuters.
Gold Fields said on Friday the National Union of Mineworkers
(NUM) agreed that some 15,000 workers at KDC West would return
to work Monday night.
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