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Article

4 Dec 2007

Author:
James Macharia, Reuters

South Africa miners union strike takes off

South Africa's biggest miners' union launched a one-day national strike on Tuesday to protest against deaths in the country's mines, disrupting operations across the world's top producer of platinum and gold... Lesiba Seshoka, the National Union of Mineworkers' (NUM) spokesman...said the workers would march on the Chamber of Mines offices... AngloGold Ashanti...said it would not produce any gold on the day, saying even those workers that showed up would be trained on safety issues rather than mine gold... Angloplat, which is majority-owned by Anglo American...said it was too early to assess tell the strike's impact... Angloplat said on Monday it had shut the 500-ounce-a-day Boschfontein shaft after a worker died in a Friday accident. Gold Fields...said its Kloof mine, which was partially shut by authorities on Monday after a worker died in a weekend accident, had the lowest turnout. [also refers to Harmony Gold, BHP Billiton, Anglo Coal (part of Anglo American), Xstrata, Exxaro, Kumba]