Mining Weekly reports that after six days of industrial action at the Kusasalethu gold mine, near Carletonville, striking workers have returned to work, Harmony Gold said on Thursday.  

Despite a court interdict on Friday and the subsequent ultimatum from Harmony for workers to return to work by Tuesday night or face disciplinary action, no employees had reported for work over the weekend or Monday and very few had returned on Tuesday.  However, management and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) subsequently reached an agreement, and all employees reported to work on Thursday morning.  “We are relieved that Kusasalethu is back to normal.  Unprotected industrial action affects the mine’s viability, its employees and their families,” said CEO Peter Steenkamp.  The current situation followed a spat of unprotected strikes at the operation in recent months.

• Read this report in full at Mining Weekly
• See too, Strike ends at Harmony Gold's Kusasalethu mine, at Business Report
• Read Harmony’s regulatory statement at Sharenet

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