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Hundreds of workers affiliated with Numsa gathered near shaft 8 of the Impala Platinum Mine in Freedom Park near Rustenburg on 21 June 2022 for a strike. Picture: Masechaba Sefularo/Eyewitness News

Implats

Numsa warns of resumption of strike action if wage talks with Implats fail

By Eyewitness News

Some 4,000 workers at mining companies Reagetswe, Triple-M, and Newrak went on strike last Monday.

  • Hundreds of Numsa mineworkers strike over alleged exploitation of workers

    Hundreds of Numsa-affiliated mineworkers gathered near Impala Platinum Mine in Freedom Park near Rustenburg on the second day of an indefinite strike over alleged exploitation of workers at three companies contracted to supply services to the mine. #NumsaStrike

    49 days ago
  • FILE: Impala Platinum Chief Executive at Rustenburg operations Mark Munroe. Picture: AFP

    Impala Platinum Holdings announces charges against Impala Limited withdrawn

    The charges were initially filed by the state in April for alleged contraventions of the country's COVID-19 lockdown restrictions by impala’s Rustenburg division.

    720 days ago
  • Miners at work in a mine shaft. Picture: AFP

    SA mining industry struggling to contain spread of COVID-19

    The number of positive coronavirus cases confirmed within the sector so far suggests the spread is not easing, with 1,559 active cases at the last count, while 1,166 workers have recovered.

    763 days ago
  • FILE: Impala Platinum's Marula mine in Limpopo. Picture: www.implats.co.za

    Marula Mine in Limpopo remains shut after 19 COVID-19 cases detected

    The decision to shut down the mine, for now, was taken at the weekend after the cluster of infections was identified.

    814 days ago
  • FILE: Impala Platinum's Marula mine in Limpopo. Picture: www.implats.co.za

    UPDATE: 19 miners test positive for COVID-19 at Implats Marula mine in Limpopo

    Limpopo Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba said contract tracing has begun, while it’s still not clear if the mine will halt operations.

    815 days ago
  • Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg. Picture: implats.co.za

    Implats cuts output guidance and capex spend as coronavirus weighs

    Implats said in its quarterly update that it expects annual refined production of between 2.6 million and 2.9 million ounces this year, compared with previous guidance of between 3 million and 3.4 million ounces.

    831 days ago
  • FILE: Mineworkers leave Shaft 14 of the Impala Platinum mine in Phokeng. Picture: AFP.

    Implats' Rustenburg mine paid us a quarter of our salaries - say miners

    Two miners at Impala's Rustenburg mine said they were only paid until 17 April, which was the day they received SMSes from CEO Mark Munroe to return to work.

    837 days ago
  • FILE: Impala Platinum Chief Executive at Rustenburg operations Mark Munroe. Picture: AFP

    Parly committee chair welcomes arrest of Implats CEO Mark Munroe

    Munroe, who was released on R60,000 bail on Friday, is alleged to have contravened the lockdown regulations by calling workers including non-essential staff to return to work this week.

    844 days ago
  • FILE: Impala Platinum Chief Executive at Rustenburg operations Mark Munroe. Picture: AFP

    UPDATE: Implats exec Mark Munroe due in court for breaching lockdown regulations

    He allegedly called workers back for operations, including non-essential operations.

    844 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: @implats/Facebook.com.

    Improved operating performance sees Implats delay job cuts

    Implats said that it would continue operating its number 12 and 14 shafts for the foreseeable future, securing 10,000 jobs, and would then continue to mine 1 shaft for its remaining life of three years, securing 2,500 jobs.

    895 days ago
  • FILE: Mineworkers leave Shaft 14 of the Impala Platinum mine in Phokeng. Picture: AFP.

    Implats to swing back to annual profit

    Improved operational performance will also help headline earnings per share to bounce back in the year ended 30 June from a loss of 171 cents in the previous year.

    1128 days ago
  • Picture: @implats/Facebook.com.

    Implats in talks to sell 1 Shaft operation in Rustenberg

    Implats plans to trim staff by about a third - more than 13,000 jobs - over two years at its labour-intensive, conventional operations in the Rustenburg platinum belt.

    1378 days ago
  • Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa briefs the media on 4 August 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    'The revolution is imminent'

    Joseph Mathunjwa warned last week of unspecified industrial action by his Amcu at Implats over its plans to cut around a third of its workforce, in a bid to return to profits in the face of depressed prices and soaring costs.

    1453 days ago
  • Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa briefs the media on 4 August 2018. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    Mathunjwa: One job loss, one too many

    Amcu held a briefing on Tuesday following an announcement last week that the platinum producer plans to cut around 13,000 jobs over the next two years.

    1463 days ago
  • FILE: Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa. Picture: @_AMCU/Twitter.

    Amcu threatens to bring Implats to its knees over job cuts

    Amcu has accused the government of being a capitalist state and making it easy for mining bosses to abuse their employees.

    1463 days ago
  • FILE: Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Mantashe urges Implats to reconsider restructuring plans

    Impala Platinum announced its plans to will slash 13,000 jobs over the next two years as it grapples with rising costs and weak prices for the precious metal.

    1468 days ago
  • FILE: Gwede Mantashe pictured during a press briefing on 18 December 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Mantashe: Implats’ decision to cut jobs careless & in bad faith

    Implats announced earlier on Thursday that about 13,000 jobs are on the line as it embarks on a restructuring process.

    1468 days ago
  • FILE: Mineworkers leave Shaft 14 of the Impala Platinum mine in Phokeng. Picture: AFP

    Impala Platinum warns of further job losses if restructuring plan fails

    South Africa’s platinum industry is grappling with rising costs and weak prices for the precious metal.

    1468 days ago
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