{"id":14548,"date":"2012-09-12T16:16:41","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T14:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-3-s-africa-mine-protests-hit-world-no-1-platinum-firm\/"},"modified":"2012-09-12T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T14:16:41","slug":"update-3-s-africa-mine-protests-hit-world-no-1-platinum-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-3-s-africa-mine-protests-hit-world-no-1-platinum-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 3-S.Africa mine protests hit world No.1 platinum firm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Amplats becomes latest target of labour unrest<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Stick-waving marchers block access to shafts<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* ANC renegade Malema pillories Zuma leadership<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Platinum prices spike, Amplats shares fall<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Siphiwe Sibeko and David Dolan<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>BATHOPELE MINE, South Africa, Sept 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Labour<br \/>\nunrest sweeping through South Africa&#8217;s mining sector hit top<br \/>\nworld platinum producer Anglo American Platinum on<br \/>\nWednesday, with stick-waving miners blockading roads leading to<br \/>\nshafts and calling for a shut-down of operations.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the firm&#8217;s Bathopele shaft in the heart of the platinum<br \/>\nbelt, a column of 1,500 chanting marchers confronted riot police<br \/>\nwho were backed by armoured vehicles. The protesters jeered at<br \/>\nworkers inside the plant, a repeat of action taken on Monday at<br \/>\nrival Lonmin&#8217;s  nearby Marikana mine, where<br \/>\npolice shot dead 34 protesters on Aug. 16.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are here to say to the men that work here that you must<br \/>\njoin us in the strike. We are not here to fight,&#8221; one man, who<br \/>\nsaid he was an employee of Anglo American Platinum, also known<br \/>\nas Amplats, told Reuters. He declined to give his name.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The platinum price jumped as much as 3 percent to $1,654.49<br \/>\nan ounce, its highest since early April, amid fears of more<br \/>\ndisruption to supplies of the precious metal used in jewellery<br \/>\nand vehicle catalytic converters.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Amplats becomes latest target of labour unrest * Stick-waving marchers block access to shafts * ANC renegade Malema pillories Zuma leadership * Platinum prices spike, Amplats shares fall By Siphiwe Sibeko and David Dolan BATHOPELE MINE, South Africa, Sept 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Labour unrest sweeping through South Africa&#8217;s mining sector hit top world platinum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-14548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}