{"id":8157,"date":"2012-02-21T02:18:24","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T00:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/update-1-implats-loses-80000-oz-to-date-at-rustenburg\/"},"modified":"2012-02-21T02:18:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T00:18:24","slug":"update-1-implats-loses-80000-oz-to-date-at-rustenburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-implats-loses-80000-oz-to-date-at-rustenburg\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Implats loses 80,000 oz to date at Rustenburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Recasts with lost ouput, minister comments)<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Sherilee Lakmidas<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Feb 20 (Reuters) – Impala Platinum
\n, the world’s second largest platinum producer, said on
\nMonday that a violent labour dispute at its flagship Rustenburg
\noperations has cost it 80,000 ounces in lost production to date.<\/p>\n

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The stoppage, now in its fifth week, is costing 20,000
\nounces a week but the company said its capital projects remained
\n“largely unaffected” by the unfolding drama around the mine,
\nwhere violence has claimed the lives of two miners.<\/p>\n

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The Rustenburg operations lie 120 km (80 miles) northwest of
\nJohannesburg and are the world’s largest platinum producing
\nmines, accounting for some 15 percent of global supply.<\/p>\n

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Operations were brought to halt after over 17,000 striking
\nrock drill operators and other mineworkers were dimissed and the
\nrehiring process failed to secure enough mineworkers to restart
\nthe shafts.<\/p>\n

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Around 7,800 workers, including over 900 rock drill
\noperators, have since been re-hired but the operation needs at
\nleast 2,000 rock drill operators to restart production.<\/p>\n

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Implats management said in a statement the majority of
\nemployees want to return to work, but “unprecedented levels of
\nintimidation and violence” were preventing them from doing so.<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s mines minister Susan Shabangu said the police
\nneeded to stamp out the intimidation, in her first public
\ncomments on the issue.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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