Striking union workers to meet coal producers for wage talks

Pulse Staff 06:18 - 08 October 2015

Coal is loaded onto a truck at the Woestalleen colliery near Middleburg in Mpumalanga province, September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

South African coal miners went on a strike after wage talks with the Chamber of Mines collapsed last week, disrupting the sector that produces the country's electricity and exports coal to Europe and Asia.

South Africa's largest coal sector union will reopen negotiations with the producers after around 30,000 workers went on strike over wage increases on Sunday, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday.

South African coal miners went on a strike after wage talks with the Chamber of Mines collapsed last week, disrupting the sector that produces the country's electricity and exports coal to Europe and Asia.