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The African Mine Workers'' Strike was a labour dispute involving mine workers of Witwatersrand in South started on 12 August, 1946 and lasted approximately a week. The strike was attacked by police and over the week, at least 1,248 workers were wounded and at least 9 killed.
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Miners'' Strike. South Africa 1946. Synopsis. In August 1946 the African Mine Workers Union (AMWU) in South Africa called a strike of black miners in the country''s Witwatersrand gold producing region. The strike was the first widespread action taken by African workers since 1920.
Jan 15, 2019· The world''s largest platinum and 2nd largest palladium producing nation (just behind mother Russia) will have an even bigger mining strike on its hands next week.. Here''s more bullish precious metals news to add to the ongoing, almost daily record palladium price levels occurring.. News out of South Africa indicates the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) will go .
Dec 24, 2018· South Deep is the world''s second largest goldbearing ore mine, but has been unprofitable for a decade, due to deep deposits and rising strike which began on November 2 ended on December 13. The mining house reached a settlement with the workers, with retrenchments going ead as planned. SibanyeStillwater
Impact of S Africa mine strike Jump to media player The largest union in South Africa''s platinum sector has called a strike over pay Lerato Mbele reports.
Aug 30, 2013· The National Union of Mineworkers, which represents about 64 percent of gold miners in South Africa, will start a strike over pay from Sept. 3, the Chamber of Mines said.
Mar 05, 2014· With South Africa''s economy built on gold and diamond mining, the sector is also an important foreign exchange earner. But economists are concerned that continued strikes in major mining companies could damage the South African economy and hold back growth and employment.
Oct 04, 2015· 30,000 South African coal miners poised to strike Andrew Topf | October 4, 2015 | 2:05 pm Energy Africa Coal The fate of the South African mining industry is .
South Africa is home to the world''s biggest platinum group metals deposits and accounts for just over 90 percent of global production. The mining firms were considering the notices and vowed to "everything in their power" to prevent a strike, including legal action, the council said in the statement.
Palladium surged to a record high on Tuesday, rising above 1,550, as the threat of strikes in the South African mining industry aggravated supply concerns in an already tight market, while gold ...
South Africa is a world leader in mining, and mining remains the back bone of the country''s economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in Johannesburg around 1887.
Ever since the Kimberley diamond strike of 1868, South Africa has been a world leader in diamond production. [citation needed] The primary South African sources of diamonds, including seven large diamond mines around the country, are controlled by the De Beers Consolidated Mines Company.
The five month long strike affected both the workers and the mining companies. The South African mining industry shed 20,000 jobs in the 12 months leading to June 2013, and that trend was set to continue due to low margins, cost pressures and volatile commodity prices.
Mar 15, 2019· South Africa''s labor court has rejected a request by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to hold an industrywide strike .
Jun 25, 2014· After five months, South Africa''s platinum miners strike has ended with a deal that will see the lowest paid workers receiving increases of R1,000 (£55) a month.
Feb 27, 2019· Reuters citing, Minerals Council South Africa reported that at least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye ...
At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at SibanyeStillwater who downed tools over wages and job cuts, Minerals ...
Feb 28, 2019· The world''s biggest platinum miners won a reprieve after a South African court reserved judgment on whether to block a weeklong industry strike that was scheduled to start Thursday night.
the mining income to the GDP from 2002 to 2011 thus making it an important economic sector in South Africa (Chamber of Mines South Africa, 2012). The South African unionised labour market is particularly active when it comes to wage negotiations which often results in strike action, however in .
Nov 09, 2017· Coal miners wage strike looming ... Some of the mining companies are also proposing onceoff payments as part of the wage offers. ... A South African .
Sep 21, 2017· South Africa''s National Union of Mineworkers said on Thursday its members would go on an indefinite strike at Petra Diamonds Ltd''s Koffiefontein Mine in the Northern Cape of South Africa.
The white South African State was mobilised and rampant in defence of its cheap labour policy and big dividends for the mining magnates and big business. This marked the opening of a phase of intense repression by the racist regime of the day, led by Field Marshal Smuts, against the forces for change in South Africa.
The GDP of South Africa contracted in the first quarter of 2014, pulled down by the steepest drop in mining production (25% of which 19% was directly attributable to the strike) in 50 years. It was the first contraction since 2009. Fitch Ratings downgraded its outlook on South Africa to "negative" from "stable".
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