S.Africa platinum wage talks deadlock again: union

A mine worker holds a placard as they are addressed by President of South Africa's Association of Mine workers and Construction Union (AMCU) Joseph Mathunjwa before the workers submitted a memorandum at Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd offices in Johannesburg March 27 2014. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko·Reuters· (Reuters)

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Wage talks to end a five-month strike in South Africa's platinum sector deadlocked on Monday, AMCU union leader Joseph Mathunjwa said, dashing hopes for an end to industrial action that is pulling the economy towards recession. "No agreement was reached today," Mathunjwa told reporters as he left negotiations in the capital, Pretoria.

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