Local coal producers and labour unions have agreed that the 2017 coal sector wage negotiations will take place centrally under the auspices of the Chamber of Mines. Gathering at the Chamber of Mines on Friday, coal producers Anglo Coal, Delmas Coal, Exxaro Coal Mpumalanga, Kangra Coal, Koornfontein Mines and Glencore levelled with labour unions, including the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Uasa and Solidarity, regarding the future structure and form of wage negotiations in the coal sector, amid threats of a strike owing to disagreements.
