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23 Jan 2017

So. Africa: AngloGold Ashanti engages unions on plans to lay off over 800 workers; union says agreement reached to halt retrenchments

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AngloGold Ashanti is reportedly engaged in talks with unions to lay off more than 800 workers at its South African operations. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) confirmed on Friday last week that it had received notice from AngloGold of a plan to dismiss 849 workers from its South African operations, which include Sibanye Gold, Harmony, and Gold Fields. NUM has announced that the union and the mining company met and agreed that workers would be transferred to other business units within the company and the other workers would be re-skilled for other jobs. AngloGold Ashanti spokesperson Chris Nthite confirmed meeting with NUM representatives, but said it was too early to predict the overall outcome of the agreement.