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South African gold mine strike

More than 500 people 'being held hostage' in South Africa …

Pic: AP. At least 500 workers are being held down a South African gold mine by a rival union, according to the head of the site. The incident began when miners …

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South Africa's Sibanye Stillwater receives strike notice from …

March 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's Sibanye Stillwater Ltd has received a notice of strike at its local gold mining operations from two unions starting on March 9, the company said on Tuesday.

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Labor dispute keeps 540 South African miners stuck …

About 540 workers at Gold One International Ltd.'s Modder East mine have been prevented from returning to the surface by labor-union members after a dispute over recognition, according to a ...

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The Underground Route to Mining: Afrikaners and the Witwatersrand Gold

Google Scholar Cf. Richardson, P., and VanHelten, J. J., 'Labour in the South African gold mining industry, 1886–1914', in Marks, S. and Rathbone, R. (eds.), Industrialisation and Social Change in South Africa: African Class Formation, Culture and Consciousness, 1870–1930, (Burnt Mill, Essex, 1982), 82 –3;Google Scholar Davies, R ...

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Hundreds of South African Gold Miners Trapped …

Print. RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Rebel miners blockaded more than 440 workers underground in a South African gold mine Friday amid tensions that …

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South African gold loses its shine

South Africa's gold mining sector has for some time struggled with ever-growing production costs at its deep mine operations and union strikes. ... In 2014, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union led the longest-ever platinum mining strike in South Africa, costing the platinum mining sector around about $2 billion in …

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South Africa: Gold One Mine Speeds Up Disciplinary Action …

Police maintained a heavy presence at the mine throughout the day, October 25. 2023. Cape Town — Gold One has elected to speed up disciplinary action against …

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Sibanye-Stillwater gold mining strike enters second month

Sibanye-Stillwater has locked out the nearly 30 000 workers at its South African gold mines since early March, but smaller unions Solidarity and Uasa accepted the wage offer on March 14.

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South African miners strike for higher wages, 1946

In 1941 the pay disparity between black South African mine workers and white South African workers was R70 to R848, respectively. The African Mine Workers' Union (AMWU) formed in response to address this issue. ... By 16 August 1946 the strike ended. Gold production had dropped by 169,000 tons, the lowest it had been since 1937. …

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Hundreds of workers leave South African gold mine after …

Hundreds of workers have left an underground gold mine in South Africa after being prevented from leaving for three days. More than 550 workers were being held there against their will, after ...

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Thousands of South African gold miners on strike

As anticipated last week, about 80,000 South African gold miners went on strike Tuesday night after wage talks broke down, threatening to cause millions of dollars in lost output in the crisis-hit ...

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South African 'hostage' miners emerge from underground …

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), said on Wednesday that 107 miners "have come back to the surface" at the Gold One mine, east of Johannesburg. …

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Gold One mine: Situation tense as police fire rubber bullets …

The situation remains tense at Gold One mine in Springs, with police firing rubber bullets and teargas at protesting AMCU workers. Workers affiliated with AMCU have been gathering at the mine since Sunday night, demanding a date for their union to be officially recognised as the majority union.

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South African gold mine operator to meet workers as strike …

South African mining company Sibanye-Stillwater is set to meet unions this week over a looming strike at its gold operations in the country. On Monday, a spokesperson for the company, which has ...

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Everything you need to know about the South African gold miners' strike

Some 90,000 South African gold miners are set to walk off the job, joining tens of thousands of other South African workers demanding higher pay. ... Meanwhile, "mine owners are warning that the ...

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Rand Rebellion 1922

Mining management standpoint. Between February and December 1920, gold nose-dived from 130 shillings an ounce to 95 shillings an ounce. Mining executives estimated that unless costs could be reduced, most producing mines would be running at a loss; consequently, they would have to discharge 10,000 white miners and many thousands …

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Another sit-in strike at Gold One as company dismisses 50 …

About 447 miners at Gold One Modder East mine, Springs, have not resurfaced since Thursday night's shift in an alleged sit-in protest against dismissals.. Ziyaad Hassam, head of legal at Gold One ...

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Miners' Strike: South Africa 1922

In early 1922, white South African workers in the Witwatesrand gold mining region went on strike. The strike soon became a violent rebellion—sometimes known as the Rand Revolt—that pitted the white miners against the mine owners and the government. The workers' action was a response to the owners' plan to reduce wages and replace the well ...

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South African Gold Mine Workers to Strike

Gold mine workers in South Africa told mining companies they would strike in the coming days as producers and unions battle over wage rises, threatening a central part of the country's economy.

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Sibanye-Stillwater increases wage offer for striking South Africa gold

Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater on Friday gave South African gold mine workers a higher wage offer, a month and a half into a strike at its gold operations in the country.

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Wage talks in South Africa's gold sector reach standstill: strike

South African unions representing gold miners said Wednesday wage negotiations have reached a standstill and that a legal strike is imminent, after they rejected offers from seven companies.

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Gold One mine workers strike again over union recognition

Hundreds of workers at Gold One mine east of Johannesburg have embarked on a strike demanding the employer to expedite the balloting process for the new majority union.. A portion of the workforce at the mine is advocating for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to be recognized as the majority union, …

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Another sit-in strike at Gold One as company dismisses 50 …

About 447 miners at Gold One Modder East mine, Springs, have not resurfaced since Thursday night's shift in an alleged sit-in protest against dismissals. …

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Hundreds of workers leave South African gold mine after …

Hundreds of workers have left an underground gold mine in South Africa after being prevented from leaving for three days. More than 550 workers were being …

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Unions on strike at South African gold mines

Sibanye Stillwater, which employs 31,000 workers in gold mining, also mines platinum group metals in South Africa and the USA. The company is also involved in the mining of battery metals. The company is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.

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Miners' Strike in South Africa Raises the Spirit of Resistance

The Chamber of Mines, an employer trade association, said that 220,000 to 230,000 black miners were on strike and that production had been ''significantly affected'' at 33 of the group's 99 mines.

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South Africa: Mining unions extend strike over pay rise …

Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. have alleged that the almost two-month long strike at its South African gold mines is being used as leverage by labor unions for upcoming wage negotiations at its platinum ...

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200,000 Blacks Strike at Mines in South Africa

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 ...

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Defiant South African unions stage protest against Sibanye

The contribution of Sibanye's South African gold operations to group earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) has declined from about 16% during the previous strike ...

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Hundreds of miners leave South Africa gold mine after …

SPRINGS, South Africa (AP) — Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute left a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, mine officials and the union at the center of the standoff said.. More than 100 miners who police and mine officials said were held against their will by fellow employees of the …

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