18,000 Workers on Strike at Implats’ Rustenberg Mine

Reuters reported Impala Platinum (JSE:IMP) said on Wednesday that 18,000 workers are on strike at its Rustenberg mine.

As quoted in the market news:

Spokeswoman Alice Lourens said the company could not say when mine would be able to resume production.

Lourens also said there had been intimidation at the mine and the company had evidence another union aside from the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), South Africa’s biggest labour group, had been trying to recruit new members.