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'It's all quiet there' - Gold Fields spokesman says
Mineweb reports that there were no further developments or reported incidents relating to recent wildcat strikes which have swept across South Africa's mining sector. "... we're obviously hoping all the workers, including those from KDC East, will go back to work," said Gold Fields spokesman Sven Lunsche, adding that both KDC West and Beatrix mines are working again and that "it's all quiet there."
Last week Gold Fields said in a statement that it is issuing striking workers at its KDC East mine with an ultimatum "to present themselves for work ... or face immediate dismissal."
AngloGold Ashanti's spokesman Alan Fine said there were no further incidents at their mine near Orkney, where National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) officials and Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi had been pelted with stones by protesters. Workers at Kopanong had told the NUM and Cosatu officials they would be returning to work while Vaal Reefs number eight said they would remain on strike. Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) last week agreed to delay dismissal proceedings pending the outcome of talks with trade unions, Mineweb says.
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