{"id":15585,"date":"2012-10-15T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/update-1-s-africa-strikes-engulf-gold-fields-kdc-operations\/"},"modified":"2012-10-15T18:01:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T16:01:34","slug":"update-1-s-africa-strikes-engulf-gold-fields-kdc-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-s-africa-strikes-engulf-gold-fields-kdc-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-S.Africa strikes engulf Gold Fields&#8217; KDC operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Output at KDC suspended<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* 8,500 more workers join Gold Fields strike<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Striking gold miners refuse to go back to work<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Companies may close mines, dismiss workers &#8211; union<\/p>\n<p> (Recasts with Gold Fields, adds Harmony, Solidarity)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Sherilee Lakmidas<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, Oct 15 (Reuters) &#8211; South African bullion<br \/>\nproducer Gold Fields suspended  output at its KDC<br \/>\noperations on Monday after 8,500 workers joined wildcat strikes<br \/>\nsweeping through the sector in Africa&#8217;s biggest economy.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gold Fields said around 19,500 of KDC&#8217;s 26,700-strong<br \/>\nworkforce were now part of the strike. The operation, which<br \/>\nincludes the KDC West and East mines, produced 279,600 ounces of<br \/>\ngold in the April-June quarter, roughly a third of group output.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Production at the entire KDC has now been suspended,&#8221; the<br \/>\ncompany said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since August, 75,000 miners have downed tools in often<br \/>\nillegal and violent walkouts that are hitting economic growth<br \/>\nand investor confidence, and raising questions about President<br \/>\nJacob Zuma&#8217;s leadership shortly before a leadership election in<br \/>\nthe ruling African National Congress (ANC).<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Output at KDC suspended * 8,500 more workers join Gold Fields strike * Striking gold miners refuse to go back to work * Companies may close mines, dismiss workers &#8211; union (Recasts with Gold Fields, adds Harmony, Solidarity) By Sherilee Lakmidas JOHANNESBURG, Oct 15 (Reuters) &#8211; South African bullion producer Gold Fields suspended output [&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-15585","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\/15585","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=15585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}