Workers at Aquarius Platinum's Everest Mine have gone on strike, the company said today (October 11th) in a statement.

It confirmed that a protected strike by certain employees of Murray & Roberts Cementation (Proprietary) Limited (MRC), a contractor at the Everest project, had gone ahead.

The strike was called by the Association of Mining and Construction Unions (AMCU), which is demanding full organisational rights from MRC in terms of the South African Labour Relations Act.

Aquarius said: "This is a technical dispute between AMCU and MRC, and no demands are being made by AMCU of Aquarius or its subsidiaries."

Further announcements will be made as developments occur, the miner added.

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Workers at Aquarius mine contractor go on strike (11/10/11) 

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