South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Tuesday said it was planning to strike at De Beers’ Venetia mine after wage talks broke down, potentially disrupting operations at the diamond giant’s new $2.3 billion underground facility. NUM, South Africa’s biggest mineworker union, said its members were demanding a 9% wage hike, but Anglo American … Continue reading S.African union plans wage strike at De Beers’ Venetia mine