Ministers to meet with mining companies
Updated | By Neo Leeuw
Ministers of finance Pravin Gordhan and mining Susan Shabangu will meet with leaders of mining companies on Friday, the Chamber of Mines said.

Ministers of finance Pravin Gordhan and mining Susan Shabangu will meet with leaders of mining companies on Friday, the Chamber of Mines said.
"The ministers will meet with CEOs and leaders of the gold and platinum mining companies," chamber executive Vusi Mabena said.
He could not provide the meeting's agenda as it had been arranged on short notice.
The Beeld reported on Friday that unrest in the mining industry ahead of wage negotiations would be discussed. It reported that chief executives from AngloGold Ashanti, Sibanye Gold, Harmony, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Impala Platinum, and Lonmin would attend.
The chamber said on Monday it would meet unions to discuss proposed wage demands for 2013.
"The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) tabled a wage demand... [last] Friday," the chamber's employment relations senior executive Elize Strydom said.
"We have circulated the demands to our members in the gold and coal [mining] sector. The next step will be to engage the unions."
The NUM demanded that surface workers receive a minimum amount of R7000 a month, and underground and open-cast workers R8000 a month.
For all other categories, the union had put forward a demand of a 15 percent increase.
Amplats announced earlier this month it would cut 6000 jobs instead of the 14,000 it predicted earlier. Trade unions responded with renewed threats of strikes.
-Sapa
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