Implats’ Rustenburg, Marula reach wage settlement

Subsidiary operating companies of platinum-mining major Implats – the large Rustenburg operations of Impala Platinum and the smaller Marula Platinum – have signed three-year wage settlements with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). Over the next three years and backdated to July 1, the employees of both operations will receive a basic salary increase of R1 000 a month for A- and B-level staff and 7% for C-level employees within the bargaining unit.