Johannesburg 20 May 2014 – Platinum producers Anglo American Platinum Limited (Amplats), Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) and Lonmin Plc (Lonmin) advise that the companies and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) have agreed to mediation relating to the wage dispute between the parties, to be facilitated by the Labour Court for a period of up to three days. The mediation process will begin tomorrow, 21 May 2014, to be overseen by Judge Rabkin-Naicker.
CEOs, Chris Griffith, Terence Goodlace and Ben Magara said: “Reaching an affordable and sustainable agreement with AMCU would be in all of our interests, and that remains our preference. We remain committed to on-going dialogue with AMCU and other stakeholders to find a way to end the strike. The companies welcome the intervention of the Labour Court.”
Queries, on behalf of the platinum producers:
Charmane Russell
E-mail: [email protected]
T: +27 (0) 11 880 3924
M: +27 (0) 82 372 5816
Issued on behalf of:
Amplats
Mpumi Sithole
E-mail: [email protected]
T: +27 (0) 11 373 6246
M: +27 (0) 83 554 2268
Implats
Johan Theron
E-mail: [email protected]
T: +27 (0) 11 731 9013
M: +27 (0) 82 809 0166
Lonmin
Sue Vey
E-mail: [email protected]
T: +27 (0) 11 218 8300
M: +27 (0) 72 644 9777