A mine worker holds a placard as they are addressed by President of South Africa's Association of Mine workers and Construction Union (AMCU) Joseph Mathunjwa before the workers submitted a memorandum at Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd offices in Johannesburg March 27 2014. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Impala Platinum IMPJ.J said on Friday that two thirds of its striking workers had indicated by text messages and phone calls that they want to accept the company's latest wage offer and end South Africa's longest and most costly mining strike.
The 14-week strike by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), which has also hit Anglo American Platinum AMSJ.J and Lonmin LMI.L, has taken out 40 percent of global platinum production and cost the companies nearly 16 billion rand (889.23 million pounds) in lost revenue.
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