{"id":15647,"date":"2012-10-17T18:04:05","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/anglogold-says-still-deciding-on-strike-ultimatum\/"},"modified":"2012-10-17T18:04:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T16:04:05","slug":"anglogold-says-still-deciding-on-strike-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/anglogold-says-still-deciding-on-strike-ultimatum\/","title":{"rendered":"AngloGold says still deciding on strike ultimatum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Sarah Young<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON<\/span> Oct 17 (Reuters) – AngloGold Ashanti, the
\nworld’s No.3 bullion producer, could make a decision next week
\non whether to follow other miners and issue striking workers
\nwith an ultimatum to return to work or be sacked, its chief
\nexecutive said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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South Africa has been swept by a wave of often violent
\nindustrial action in the last two months and some 35,000
\nemployees, including contractors, at AngloGold’s South African
\nmines have been striking illegally since September.<\/p>\n

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Other mining companies have responded to the wildcat action
\nby issuing ultimatums to their employees, but AngloGold boss
\nMark Cutifani said the company had not yet decided whether to
\nfollow suite.<\/p>\n

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“We shall see how events unfold over the next few days.
\nWe’ll make a judgement on that next week,” he told Reuters in an
\ninterview on the sidelines of a conference in London.<\/p>\n

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Gold Fields has told the majority of its striking
\nminers that they have until Thursday to return to work or face
\nimmediate dismissal.<\/p>\n

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Cutifani said AngloGold would be watching the situation
\ncarefully in the coming days.<\/p>\n

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He added that while a decision could come next week, the
\ncompany would not be locked in to any timeframe given the
\ndelicate nature of the situation.<\/p>\n

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“It is very clear to us that the majority of people want to
\ncome to work and they’ve been prevented to come to work by
\npeople that are causing intimidation, So we’re thinking very
\ncarefully about where we go from here,” he said.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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