Ivanhoe’s Kipushi zinc mine in the DRC officially reopens
The restart marked exactly a century since the mine first went into production.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in KwaZulu-Natal has called on the Department of Mineral Resources to suspend Forbes & Manhattan Coal’s mining license.
The union made the call after the company’s management refused to receive a memorandum from striking workers earlier today.
NUM provincial secretary Bongani Manyoni said, “Their license should be suspended until they come to us because we are stakeholders and we have to be considered.”
Manyoni said that the company does not understand its social obligations in South Africa and that striking workers will ensure that operations do not resume until management receives the memorandum.
While workers were informed that the company CEO told staff not to take the memorandum, Forbes spokesman James Duncan said there was never an arrangement for a company representative to receive a memorandum.
Source (English): Independent Online via BrightWire News.
