Anglo American's share: Group responds with layoffs on strike in South Africa

London- British mining company Anglo American plc (ISIN GB00B1XZS820 / WKN A0MUKL) announced on Monday that he responded with layoffs to the ongoing strike for weeks on its site Rustenburg in South Africa.

Declared to have the daughter of Anglo American Platinum Ltd.. . (ISIN ZAE000013181 / WKN 856 547) due to the persistent refusal to work by employees in Rustenburg now decided to lay off 12,000 employees

Anglo American fires 12,000 miners

Duration strike in South Africa

Anglo Platinum has fired 12,000 striking miners. Only about 20 percent of workers were in the past few weeks come to work in the mines of Rustenburg.
After three weeks of wildcat strikes have the largest platinum producer in the world already loss of 700 million rand to complain (about 77 million), it is stated in the explanatory memorandum to the company published on Friday in Johannesburg.