2014-3-5 · South Africa is a world leader in mining, and mining remains the back bone of the country’s economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in Johannesburg around 1887. The country’s huge and varied mineral reserves play a vital role in the economy, accounting for nearly half of the country’s merchandise exports, including ...
Read More2021-3-26 · The recent spate of strikes in the mining sector in South Africa has created a perceived nervousness amongst shareholders. Within the mining sector in South Africa, gold mining is of significance historically and economically. This study aims to assess the impact of strikes on shareholder value in the gold mining industry
Read MoreIntroduction. The strike by some 76,000 black miners in 1946 was one of the most significant examples of industrial action by black workers in South Africa. Following the demise of the ICU in the early 1940s, the mine workers were the first to challenge not only their employers, but the racist policies of the segregationist state of Jan Smuts.
Read MoreSouth Africa’s largest mining union filed for industrial action at gold mining companies on Tuesday, raising the spectre of strikes in that sector after
Read MoreScandals and strikes: an uncertain future for platinum in South Africa Mining giant Anglo American is selling some of its South African platinum mines due to their
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Read More2007-12-7 · South African mines are amongst the deepest and most labour-intensive in the world. Amongst the minerals mined are precious metals such as gold and platinum, of which South Africa is a major producer.
Read MoreThe need for more cheap black labour after the Second World War led the South African government to look for migrant workers outside South Africa, mainly from Mozambique and Malawi. 1970 Anglo American became the biggest mining group in southern Africa. It had a high commercial profile, worldwide. Anglo American had a controlling interest in ...
Read More2014-3-5 · South Africa is a world leader in mining, and mining remains the back bone of the country’s economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in Johannesburg around 1887. The country’s huge and varied mineral reserves play a vital role in the economy, accounting for nearly half of the country’s merchandise exports, including ...
Read More2014-7-18 · Effects of the Mining Strikes on the South African Economy. A wave of violent, wildcat strikes that erupted periodically in 2012 rooted in a turf war between AMCU and the National Union of Mineworkers, cost platinum and gold
Read More2014-3-5 · South Africa is a world leader in mining and the entire industry remains the back bone of the country’s economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in Johannesburg around 1887. The country’s huge and varied mineral reserves play a vital role in the economy, accounting for nearly half of the country’sRead More
Read More2019-2-13 · Impact mining strikes have on the South African economy. South Africa has been experiencing platinum mine tribes. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction union (MAGIC), which is the majority union in the platinum belt, has been demanding R 12 500 salary for its members (sinews. Gob. AZ, 2014).
Read MoreSouth Africa’s largest mining union filed for industrial action at gold mining companies on Tuesday, raising the spectre of strikes in that sector after
Read More2014-5-28 · Mining strikes shrink South Africa’s economy. Months of mining strikes in South Africa pushed its economy into contraction in the first quarter of this year, and with no resolution in
Read More2007-12-7 · South African mines are amongst the deepest and most labour-intensive in the world. Amongst the minerals mined are precious metals such as gold and platinum, of which South Africa is a major producer.
Read More2019-2-22 · At least 15 mining firms in South Africa have received notices of strikes to be held next week in support of colleagues at Sibanye-Stillwater who downed tools over wages and job cuts, Minerals ...
Read More2014-11-28 · damage, but the possible reaction by investors in the mining industry towards South Africa. Investor condence is likely to be, at least, tem-porarily harmed, in which case it would take many years for the e¤ects of the strike to disappear. We conduct our analysis using a dynamic CGE model of South Africa. JEL codes: C68, J52
Read More2013-4-11 · South Africa’s mining industry lost more than R15 billion in production during the strikes in the 2012/2013 financial year, according to figures released by the SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). Just more than R10 billion was lost in gold and platinum production during the mining sector stoppages last year.
Read More2014-3-5 · South Africa is a world leader in mining, and mining remains the back bone of the country's economy. It has been so since the precious metal was discovered in
Read More2019-2-13 · Impact mining strikes have on the South African economy. South Africa has been experiencing platinum mine tribes. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction union (MAGIC), which is the majority union in the platinum belt, has been demanding R 12 500 salary for its members (sinews. Gob. AZ, 2014).
Read MoreSouth Africa’s largest mining union filed for industrial action at gold mining companies on Tuesday, raising the spectre of strikes in that sector after
Read More2012-10-10 · South African Mining Strikes Also About Dignity. The labor unrest in South Africa’s mining industry is about more than wages. The Bench Marks Foundation, an
Read More2014-5-28 · Mining strikes shrink South Africa’s economy. Months of mining strikes in South Africa pushed its economy into contraction in the first quarter of this year, and with no resolution in
Read More2014-11-28 · damage, but the possible reaction by investors in the mining industry towards South Africa. Investor condence is likely to be, at least, tem-porarily harmed, in which case it would take many years for the e¤ects of the strike to disappear. We conduct our analysis using a dynamic CGE model of South Africa. JEL codes: C68, J52
Read More2021-12-13 · Collapses, explosions and strikes have caused the worst mining disasters over the years. From Coalbrook mine to Marikana, MBALI ZWANE lists the deadliest mine accidents in South African history.
Read More2013-4-11 · South Africa’s mining industry lost more than R15 billion in production during the strikes in the 2012/2013 financial year, according to figures released by the SA Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR). Just more than R10 billion was lost in gold and platinum production during the mining sector stoppages last year.
Read More2013-5-23 · Zuma: Mining strikes could impoverish SA. Cape Town - Continuing wildcat strikes and tension in the mining industry could impoverish South Africa, President Jacob Zuma warned on Thursday. "If the workers demand higher wages and that becomes a point of conflict, so sharp a conflict it could produce another Marikana, then there's something wrong ...
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