Impala Workers Vote to Strike at World’s Top Platinum Mine
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The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union, the largest labor group at Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.’s South African operations, said its members voted to go on strike at the world’s biggest platinum mine.
Workers made the decision at a union meeting yesterday near Rustenburg in North West province, AMCU Treasurer Jimmy Gama said by phone. The timing of a strike isn’t decided, he said. Impala accounts for about 25 percent of global platinum supply.