Xstrata’s Eland mine in S.Africa hit by strikes

JOHANNESBURG Oct 8 (Reuters) – Workers at Xstrata’s
Eland platinum mine in South Africa have embarked on an illegal
strike, leaving the plant operating on skeleton staff, a
spokesman said on Monday, the latest in a wave of wildcat
walkouts in the platinum sector.

“We can confirm that Eland Platinum has been on strike
since last Friday,” company spokesman Christopher Tsatsawane
said.

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