{"id":14180,"date":"2012-09-02T15:35:44","date_gmt":"2012-09-02T13:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/lonmin-in-talks-to-restart-s-africa-mines-as-strikes-widen\/"},"modified":"2012-09-02T15:35:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T13:35:44","slug":"lonmin-in-talks-to-restart-s-africa-mines-as-strikes-widen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/lonmin-in-talks-to-restart-s-africa-mines-as-strikes-widen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonmin in talks to restart S.Africa mines as strikes widen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Ed Stoddard<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG, Sept 2<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Talks to end a deadly<br \/>\nstrike at the South African mining operations of world No. 3<br \/>\nplatinum producer Lonmin  resume on Monday after<br \/>\nweekend funerals for over 30 workers killed by police.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lonmin wants to restart production at mines idled for three<br \/>\nweeks by labour strife which has spread from the platinum sector<br \/>\nto bullion. Gold Fields said a quarter of its workforce<br \/>\nhas been on strike since Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The stakes are high for Lonmin, which has a shaky balance<br \/>\nsheet and was battling to contain costs even before a wave of<br \/>\nlabour violence that killed 44 people, including 34 striking<br \/>\nworkers shot dead in a single confrontation by police.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The violence stemmed from a bloody turf war between the<br \/>\ndominant National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the small but<br \/>\nmilitant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union<br \/>\n(AMCU) which has flared across the platinum belt.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lonmin rock drill operators, who downed tools in an illegal<br \/>\nstrike on Aug. 10, are demanding a more than doubling of basic<br \/>\nmonthly pay to 12,500 rand ($1,500). But other workers may also<br \/>\nbe in dispute.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the moment it is not clear if these demands are<br \/>\nrestricted to rock drill operators or if entry-level miners also<br \/>\nwant 12,500 rand a month,&#8221; said Gideon du Plessis, deputy<br \/>\nsecretary general of trade union Solidarity.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Solidarity represents skilled workers who have not been on<br \/>\nstrike. But all unions have been involved in the talks aimed at<br \/>\ngetting ore out of the ground again.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was not clear who would take part in talks on Monday.<br \/>\nAMCU&#8217;s leaders, who say they have been sidelined, say they will<br \/>\nonly show if they are invited.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, Sept 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Talks to end a deadly strike at the South African mining operations of world No. 3 platinum producer Lonmin resume on Monday after weekend funerals for over 30 workers killed by police. 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