De Beers Strike to Start as South Africa Unrest Reaches Diamonds
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De Beers workers in South Africa will strike from tonight over pay, becoming the latest miners to down tools after Glencore Xstrata Plc employees walked out in May.
Strikes will go ahead at the Voorspoed operation in Free State province, Kimberley in Northern Cape province and Venetia in Limpopo province even as talks continue, said Peter Bailey, a negotiator for the National Union of Mineworkers. The action will also affect the company’s trading arm, Diamond Trading Co.