South Africa's AMCU says platinum strike to continue, no talks


  • World
  • Monday, 05 May 2014

Striking platinum miners attend a rally near Lonmin's Marikana mine April 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said on Monday its striking members had rejected the latest wage offer by the world's three biggest platinum mining companies.

The strike has been running for nearly four months at Anglo American Platinum, Lonmin and Impala Platinum and has hit 40 percent of global production of the precious metal.

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