{"id":8649,"date":"2012-03-07T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T12:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/update-1-platinum-sector-ignores-s-africa-general-strike\/"},"modified":"2012-03-07T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T12:59:11","slug":"update-1-platinum-sector-ignores-s-africa-general-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-platinum-sector-ignores-s-africa-general-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Platinum sector ignores S.Africa general strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Amplats, Implats say they not impacted<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Gold, coal sectors hit<\/p>\n

(Recasts with amplats, details)<\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, March 7<\/span> (Reuters) – The world’s two
\nlargest platinum producers said on Wednesday they were not
\naffected by a 1-day nationwide strike in South Africa that has
\nbrought the country’s gold mines to a halt and also hit the coal
\nsector.<\/p>\n

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Tens of thousands joined a one-day national strike on
\nWednesday as the country’s biggest labour group, the Congress of
\nSouth African Trade Unions (COSATU), protested about new road
\ntolls and short term contract labour agencies that COSATU says
\nexploit workers and perpetuate inequalities.<\/p>\n

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Bullion producers Gold Fields and Harmony Gold
\n both reported that their staff who belong to the
\nCOSATU-affilated National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) had downed
\ntools for the day.<\/p>\n

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But Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum
\n, the world’s no. 1 and 2 producers respectively, said
\nthey were unaffected.<\/p>\n

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“We have not been impacted at all,” Implats executive Johan
\nTheron, who heads human resources, told Reuters.<\/p>\n

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Implats is just recovering from a six-week illegal strike at
\nits Rustenburg mine, the world’s biggest platinum operation, and
\nany stoppage would have set back the ramp up of output there.<\/p>\n

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“There was no strong support for the call to strike,” said
\nTheron, who said one of the reasons Implats’ workers had
\nshrugged off the call was “potential NUM and COSATU hostility”.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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