{"id":1102341,"date":"2019-02-27T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?guid=4835564a7ac9d13dee1d8fdd43371407"},"modified":"2019-02-28T06:42:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T06:42:14","slug":"worlds-biggest-platinum-miners-ask-court-to-block-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1102341","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s biggest platinum miners ask court to block strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African platinum producers, the world\u2019s biggest miners of the metal, have asked a court to block a planned strike by one of the country\u2019s largest mining unions that the companies say would further hurt the struggling industry. Anglo American Platinum, the world\u2019s top platinum-group metals (PGMs) supplier, and other producers want the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) to be denied the legal right to start a seven-day strike at platinum mines on February 28. The walkout would follow a strike over wages that\u2019s been underway at Sibanye Gold\u2019s gold mines since November, and worsen already fraught labor relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African platinum producers, the world\u2019s biggest miners of the metal, have asked a court to block a planned strike by one of the country\u2019s largest mining unions that the companies say would further hurt the struggling industry. 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