NUM union says 45,000 miners face job cuts

Pulse Staff 09:34 - 02 June 2016

A mine worker is seen underground at Lonmin's Karee mine in Rustenburg, 100 km (62 miles) northwest of Johannesburg, March 5, 2013.

About 45,000 workers face layoffs in the <strong>South Africa</strong>'s struggling mining sector, the <strong>National Union of Mineworkers</strong> (NUM) said on Thursday.

"More than 45,000 mine workers face retrenchments," NUM president Piet Matosa told a conference.

Mining companies are under pressure from low commodity prices and rocketing costs triggering a wave of job cuts.

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