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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Ten striking South African miners were taken to hospital on Tuesday after being hit by rubber bullets, police said, as labour strife spread ahead of mid-year pay negotiations. As well as the violence at a chromium mine, the National...

Por Wendell Roelf CIUDAD DEL CABO, 21 mayo (Reuters) - Diez huelguistas de una mina de cromo sudafricana fueron trasladados el martes al hospital tras ser impactados por balas de gomas, dijo la policía, en momentos en que se agudizan los conflictos...

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated...

* Mineworkers union leader demands meeting with Zuma * ANC deputy president says hard to tell what is going on * Rand slides to four-year low against dollar By Xola Potelwa RUSTENBURG, South Africa, May 17 (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's...

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to bring Africa's No. 1 economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in an 18-month...

* Tough talks to start in next couple of weeks * New AMCU union has poached members from established NUM * Anglo Platinum plans to cut 6,000 jobs By Clara Denina LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's mining industry can ill afford to offer wage...

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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum reported for work late Thursday, and a labor leader said the workers will strike on Friday in an escalation of unrest that sent the company's shares lower and the rand to a four-...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Miners at South Africa's Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) reported for work on Friday, a company spokeswoman said, despite earlier calls for a strike by some union leaders. Amplats spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole said all workers...

Por Helen Nyambura-Mwaura y Sherilee Lakmidas JOHANNESBURGO, 16 mayo (Reuters) - Mineros de Anglo American Platinum en Sudáfrica realizarán una paralización en la tarde del jueves o el viernes, dijeron líderes sindicales, en un agravamiento de los...

Por Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURGO, 16 mayo (Reuters) - Sudáfrica es la Arabia Saudita del platino. Pero Pretoria jamás podría manipular el precio del platino de la manera en que el reino de Oriente Medio puede influenciar en el del petróleo y hablar...