South Africa Platinum Strike Talks In Crucial Final Day Of Mediation

South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and major platinum producers met on Monday for more talks aimed at ending a crippling five-month miners' strike, in a crucial day for negotiations with the government set to pull out of mediation if a deal is not agreed. About 70,000 workers downed tools in January, demanding higher pay. The spokesman for the AMCU, Jimmy Gama, told Reuters that union leaders were in talks with mining company bosses on Monday but gave no indication as to how they were progressing. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~3/Zl5bwPy7l5U/story01.htm http://www.wochit.com