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Mining Weekly reported that the strike at the BHP Billiton-managed Hotazel manganese operations in the Northern Cape has come to an end with the mine management and the local leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) jointly agreeing to end the strike.
Mining Weekly reported that the strike at the BHP Billiton-managed Hotazel manganese operations in the Northern Cape has come to an end with the mine management and the local leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) jointly agreeing to end the strike.
As quoted in the market news,
BHP Billiton South Africa VP corporate affairs Lulu Letlape said in a media statement sent to Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly Online that the agreement meant that all employees were due to have reported for duty by today, Wednesday, April 8. Letlape stated that management of the Hotazel manganese operations and NUM expected the mines to be fully operational from the morning shift and that both parties had agreed to engage further on the issues under discussion.
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