Mining union

Africa Mining: South African court orders suspension of union’s industry-wide strike

Posted on March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 by Mozambique Resources Post

South Africa’s labour court has ordered a mineworkers’ union to suspend its plans for an industry-wide strike from Feb. 28 to March 7 until it issues a ruling on whether to block the action, the union and producer Lonmin said on Thursday.

Africa Mining: Biggest Ghana mining union plans protests over gold fields jobs

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

(Bloomberg) — Ghana’s largest mineworkers’ union plans protests and strikes throughout operations in the country if the government allows Gold Fields Ltd.’s local unit to dismiss more than 2,000 staff as it starts the process of hiring a contractor to operate its biggest mine in the West African nation.