South Africa platinum producer Lonmin considers court action to end strike

By Zandi Shabalala MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - South African platinum producer Lonmin said on Thursday it might go to court in a bid to stop a 16-week strike because of the levels of violence faced by workers who want to return to work. Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum have also been hit by the wage strike by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), which has turned violent in recent days as miners tried to go back to work. \"The levels of violence are worrying, those will lead us to find all options including going to court to stop the strike,\" Lonmin spokeswoman Lerato Molebatsi told journalists near Lonmin's Marikana mine. Four miners were killed at the weekend as some employees prepared to go back to work at Amplats and Lonmin.

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