Re: Hier - SA- Streik - NEWS

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Marginal gold mines on the brink
Sherilee Bridge
July 23 2001 at 09:14AM
Johannesburg - Gold producers have warned that marginal mines and smaller operations faced bankruptcy if the nationwide strike threatened by gold and coal miners went ahead.

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) planned to ballot its 155 000 members today and strike on Thursday if its members supported a walkout.

Frans Barker, the chief negotiator for the Chamber of Mines, said marginal mines like Durban Roodepoort Deep (DRD) were most at risk, but some of the mines within the bigger stables like AngloGold’s Free State operations and Gold Fields’ St Helena and Oryx mines were also in the firing line.

Vic Hoops, the human resources manager at DRD, said a full-blown strike would have a heavy impact on the mine’s operations.

“DRD does not have the savings of the bigger gold players and a sustained strike would leave no option but liquidation,” said Hoop. Closure would mean 20 000 mine-workers would lose their jobs, he said.

Gold mines would be given 48 hours’ notice from the time of the union decision tomorrow, but gold companies were hoping it would not get that far.

Gold producers said they hoped the strike could be averted.

“We see ourselves being very close to a settlement and both the industry and the union are working very hard to achieve this end,” said Mike Adan, the general manager of human resources at Gold Fields.

The Chamber of Mines, which represents big mining companies, said a settlement could still be reached. “The chamber is pursuing the opportunity for further meetings with the union prior to the intended strike ballot on Monday,” said Barker.

Gold companies said the union’s demands amounted to a 14,18 percent wage increase, which was unaffordable for an industry in which wages constituted 60 percent of total costs.

Steve Lenahan, the executive officer for corporate affairs at AngloGold, said gold companies were working towards finding a solution which balanced increased productivity against the union’s aspirations.

The NUM is demanding a R2 000 a month starting salary and an annual wage increase of 8,5 percent in each year of a two-year deal with the gold companies.

Gold companies are offering a 9 percent increase for the lowest category employee and up to 7,5 percent for all other mineworkers. They would offer between 7,25 percent and 10,8 percent in the second year.





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