Work stops at Smokey Hills
- Publishing Date
- 03 Mar 2010 12:18pm GMT
- Author
- Mining Journal
Most of the employees at Platinum Australia Ltd’s Smokey Hills mine in South Africa are on strike.
Contractors employed by Redpath Mining Ltd have engaged in unofficial industrial action, and have refused to go underground since March 1, the company said in a statement.
"The employees have been advised by the contractor to return to work or face dismissal for participating in unprotected industrial action," Platinum said.
"The contractor has measures in place to deal with this situation in the event that employees are dismissed."
The strike has resulted in the suspension of almost all operations at the site, causing the company to bring forward maintenance work to minimise the impact.
Platinum said it was unsure how long action would impact operations at Smokey Hills, but expected normal operations to recommence by the end of this week or early next week.
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