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Timeline of events
- 21 September 2018
- Wage negotiation update
- 17 September 2018
- AngloGold Ashanti concludes wage agreement
- 12 September 2018
- CCMA consolidated conciliation process begins
- 5 September 2018
- Gold wage negotiations update
- 29 August 2018
- Gold wage negotiations update
- 22 August 2018
- Negotiations continue despite the NUM declaring a dispute
- 21 August 2018
- Gold producers table conditional offer
- 15 August 2018
- Unions reject firm offer
- 1–2 August 2018
- Producers table firm offer
Session 3 of the 2018 Gold Wage Negotiations 
Session 3 of the 2018 Gold Wage Negotiations - 25 July 2018
- Companies disappointed by union’s rejection of ‘credible’ offer
- 18 July 2018
- Gold companies table wage offers
Day 2 of the 2018 Gold Wage Negotiations - 11 July 2018
- Gold wage negotiations get underway
Day 1 at the 2018 Wage Negotiations for the gold industry - 9 July 2018
- Gold wage negotiations to begin
- 11 May 2018
- Wage demands submitted by Solidarity
- 4 May 2018
- Wage demands submitted by AMCU
- 2 May 2018
- Wage demands submitted by UASA
- 23 April 2018
- Wage demands submitted by the NUM
Enlarge photo: Session 3, 1 of 2
Enlarge photo: Session 3, 2 of 2
Enlarge photo: Day 2
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What the conditional offer means
21 August 2018
- AngloGold Ashanti - conditional offer breakdown
- Harmony - conditional offer breakdown
- Sibanye-Stillwater - conditional offer breakdown
- VMR - conditional offer breakdown
Facts & figures
In 2017, the gold mining industry:
Contributed R42.7 billion* towards GDP
Produced 138 tonnes of gold
Sold R67.6 billion of gold
Employed around 112,000 employees directly
Paid employees R29.9 billion in earnings
Paid R0.9 billion in royalties
* 2016
Gold industry union representation figures
as at 24 August 2018
The figures above are an accurate reflection of payroll deductions.
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