{"id":14990,"date":"2012-09-27T04:58:12","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T02:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-3-amplats-talks-tough-s-africa-illegal-mine-strikes-spread\/"},"modified":"2012-09-27T04:58:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T02:58:12","slug":"update-3-amplats-talks-tough-s-africa-illegal-mine-strikes-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-3-amplats-talks-tough-s-africa-illegal-mine-strikes-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 3-Amplats talks tough, S.Africa illegal mine strikes spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Amplats CEO says platinum sector “in crisis”<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Amplats says could start firing unlawful strikers<\/p>\n

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* ANC rebel to address Implats’ workers on Thursday<\/p>\n

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* About 75,000 miners off the job in S.Africa<\/p>\n

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By Ed Stoddard and Sherilee Lakmidas<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, Sept 26 (Reuters) – An illegal strike spread
\nthrough AngloGold Ashanti’s South African operations on
\nWednesday, while Anglo American Platinum said it could start
\nfiring unlawful strikers on Thursday, as the country’s miners
\ngrapple to rein in weeks of labour unrest.<\/p>\n

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A wave of wildcat action is roiling South Africa’s mines
\ndespite the end of an illegal six-week stoppage at platinum
\nproducer Lonmin in which 46 people were killed
\nand the price of the white metal was pushed higher.<\/p>\n

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Mining shares tanked in Johannesburg on Wednesday, with
\nAmplats extending steep losses to over 6 percent after
\nits chief executive Chris Griffith described the country’s
\nplatinum sector as “in crisis”.<\/p>\n

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Most of AngloGold’s 35,000 workers have joined the wildcat
\naction that began last week at its Kopanang mine. The company is
\nthe world’s No.3 bullion producer and South Africa accounted for
\nabout 32 percent of its global output of close to 2 million
\nounces of gold in the first half of 2012.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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