Triplem Mining News Today

The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) says it will not stop recruiting members in the mining sector despite the murders of a union shop steward and a volunteer recruiter on the platinum belt in North West.

Three contractors at Impala Platinum’s Rustenburg mining operations have been affected by a strike from members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA). The contractors are Newrak Mining, Triple M Mining and Reagetswe Mining. In a joint statement, the three companies highlighted what ...

Impala Platinum has secured a five-year wage deal with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union. This is the latest sign of improving labour relations in the mining sector. But the murder of a National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa member in Rustenburg, against the backdrop...

The trio of mining companies hit by a wildcat strike by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) in Rustenburg have come out swinging against the union's claims. The companies do work for Impala Platinum’s (Implats) Rustenburg mining operations and while there has been little impact y...

Triple M CEO Sipho Xipu said the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa failed to pass the threshold for recognition as a union at its operations.

Reagetswe Mining, Triple M Mining and Newark have lamented the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa's decision to strike and denied the union's claims.

Scores of workers affiliated with Numsa met in Freedom Park near Rustenburg on Tuesday where they called for increased wages and additional benefits such as medical aid while accusing three companies that theyre contracted to to provide services to Implats of exploiting them.

At least 4 000 Numsa members employed by three contractor companies, Newrak Mining, Reagetswe Mining Group and Triple M Mining, embarked on a strike on Monday for an indefinite period. These companies provide services to Implats in Rustenburg, North West.

Numsa claims contract workers are paid a fraction of what permanent employees earn and have accused the companies of refusing to acknowledge the union as a bargaining agent.

Thousands of workers affiliated with the metalworkers union have embarked on an indefinite strike – over alleged wage discrepancies between contract employees and permanent employees at Reagetswe, Newrak and Triple M Mining.