Amplats to resume work as South Africa police get tough
Miners gather for a march in Rustenburg in South Africa’s North West Province, September 13, 2012. — Reuters picJOHANNESBURG, Sept 17 — Anglo American Platinum plans to resume operations at its Rustenburg mine in South Africa tomorrow after it suspended work following labour unrest, it said yesterday.
“The situation in Rustenburg remains calm and our current intention is to resume operations on Tuesday morning, which will provide time for the government to implement further security measures,” the company said in a statement.
Amplats, a unit of global mining giant Anglo American, had said on Thursday a number of its employees had joined protesters near its Rustenburg operations who have threatened to bring the country’s mining sector to a standstill.— Reuters
