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* Amplats to resume operations on Tuesday
* Lonmin promises new approach to talks
* Finance minister says no need to revise fiscal outlook
By Olivia Kumwenda
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Anglo American Platinum
said it will resume work on Tuesday at its strike-hit
Rustenburg operations, just days after South Africa’s government
launched a crackdown to disarm miners and end five weeks of
labour unrest.
Amplats, the world’s top producer of the precious metal,
suspended some of its operations this week after
machete-wielding strikers marched on shafts near Rustenburg, 100
km (60 miles) northwest of Johannesburg.
“The situation in Rustenburg remains calm and our current
intention is to resume operations on Tuesday morning, which will
provide time for the government to implement further security
measures,” the company said in a statement on Sunday.
Following a government promise to get tough on miners,
police raided a Lonmin Plc hostel early on
Saturday and seized spears, machetes and other weapons from
strikers.
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