Johannesburg - The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Saturday, urged mining company Glencore to prioritise the needs of its employees and reconsider closing its Optimum operations.
The union said in a statement, it had marched to the company's Johannesburg offices in Melrose Arch to hand over a memorandum of understanding.
In the document the union said Glencore's plans to shut-down part of its Optimum coal operations would have serious implications on the plight of its employees, communities around the mine and the country as a whole.