The three Gupta brothers—Ajay, Atul, and Rajesh—had bought the Optimum Coal Mine in December 2015, adding it to the tentacular empire they were building across South Africa, with interests in ...
Nov 17, 2017· A COAL strike affecting as much as half of South Africa's production may be averted after mining companies submitted new proposals scheduled to be heard at a plenary session on Monday (November 20), the day after the strike was due to begin. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said fresh proposals had been received by [.]
South Africa coal miners start strike By ... Tens of thousands of South African coal workers went on strike on Monday seeking inflationbusting 14 percent wage increases, but power utility Eskom ...
More than 200,000 black miners went on strike at 46 of South Africa's gold and coal mines Sunday night to support their demands for a 30% pay increase and demonstrate the growing political and ...
Jan 29, 2018· Anglo American exits South African coal with mine sale. A nglo American has announced its exit from the domestic South African coal business with the sale of its New Largo mine for 71m (£54m). New Largo, in Mpumalanga province in the east of the country, has an estimated 585m tons of coal below ground, most of it earmarked to supply South African...
Oct 31, 2017· South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Tuesday its coal workers will embark on a strike if the Chamber of Mines does not meet its wage demands. A strike in the coal .
London — South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said Wednesday it had served Exxaro Resources with a 48hour notice to begin strike action from Thursday at the coal miner's Grootegeluk and Leeuwpan mines in Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces.
Mar 31, 2012· Australia: Coal companies provoke new miners' walkouts in Queensland By Richard Phillips 31 March 2012 About 3,500 workers at seven BHPBilliton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) coal mines in ...
Apr 25, 2019· Best of South Africa, Former Coal Miners Claim More Than R80m for Workrelated illnesses. ... 's court papers show several of the miners were dismissed for illegal strike action, and some had received medical compensation once their conditions had been diagnosed. ... President Cyril Ramaphosa Should Deal Firmly With Corruption ...
South African coal export and Dutch coal import Coal is exported from South Africa through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT). The terminal was opened in April 1976, with an export capacity of 12 million tons of coal per year (12 Mt/a). Over the years, export capacity has grown to 76 Mt/a in 2008.
Nov 07, 2012· South Africa coal firms agree to wage deal. Coal companies in South Africa signed a surprise wage deal with unions on Wednesday in an effort to avoid a wave of deadly illegal strikes that have rocked the country's gold and platinum sectors. The Chamber of Mines said the companies, which include Anglo American PLC,...
An industrial action was averted after the South African Chamber of Mines and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a threeyear wage settlement deal. The .
Jul 28, 2011· Wage talks to end a coal mining strike in South Africa, a major producer of the fuel source, ended without a deal being reached on Thursday, the National Union of .
Oct 05, 2015· South African coal miners began a strike on Sunday after wage talks collapsed last week, disrupting the sector that produces the country's electricity and exports coal to Europe and Asia.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), representing tens of thousands of miners across South Africa, negotiated a new wage deal for coal miners that brought a strike, which lasted more than a .
Apr 07, 2016· JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Glencore has laid arson charges against a South African mining union as a threeweek coal strike turns increasingly violent, the mining company said on Thursday. Workers from the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) torched two trucks and offices at the Wonderfontein Mine on Wednesday night, taking the petrol bomb incidents .
Nov 01, 2012· Miners have ended a sixweek strike and returned to work at the Mooiplaats coal mine in northeastern South Africa after the company agreed to a 26 percent pay increase, Coal of Africa said Friday. The legal strike had begun on September 25 and staff returned to work at the colliery on Wednesday after the National Union of Mineworkers reached a deal with management.