{"id":8384,"date":"2012-02-27T14:39:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T12:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/s-africa-union-urges-miners-to-take-implats-offer\/"},"modified":"2012-02-27T14:39:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T12:39:34","slug":"s-africa-union-urges-miners-to-take-implats-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-africa-union-urges-miners-to-take-implats-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Africa union urges miners to take Implats offer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Feb 27 (Reuters) – South Africa’s
\nNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) urged its members on Monday
\nto accept an offer by Impala Platinum to rehire miners
\nat its Rustenburg operation, the scene of a violent illegal
\nstrike that has pushed platinum prices higher.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NUM General Secretary Frans Baleni said the workers needed
\nto accept the offer “to prevent permanent job losses”. It
\nremains unclear if they will heed the call amid intimidation
\nagainst workers who have tried to return to work.<\/p>\n

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The strike at Implats’ Rustenburg operation, the world’s
\nlargest platinum mine, has cost the company at least 80,000
\nounces in lost output and is a key reason behind a 21 percent
\nspike in the precious metal’s spot price this year.<\/p>\n

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Production has effectively been halted since Jan. 12.<\/p>\n

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The strike has pitted the NUM against an upstart union, the
\nAssociation of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), and
\nsaw Implats sack 17,200 workers. Three men have been killed in
\nclashes between the rival factions.<\/p>\n

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Implats said on Saturday workers had until 1300 GMT on
\nWednesday to reapply for their jobs. By Saturday, more than
\n8,700 had already reapplied, the company said.<\/p>\n

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It has said that because the strike had reduced its
\noperational capacity, it would only be able to rehire 15,000 of
\nthe 17,200 fired workers.\t<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Ed Stoddard; Editing by Ed Cropley)<\/p>\n

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\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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