Anglo American Platinum says NUMSA signs wage agreement

JOHANNESBURG, March 20 (Reuters) - Anglo American Platinum

said it signed a wage agreement with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) on Thursday, ending a six-week wage strike, although there was still no end in sight to a longer walk-out by a larger union.

The agreement will see wage increases of up to 8.5 percent for the members of NUMSA. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) is still on a 8-week strike that has cost companies and workers billions of rand.

Amplats spokeswoman Mpumi Sithole said there was "no indication" as to when the NUMSA members would return to work.

(Reporting by Zandi Shabalala; editing by David Dolan)

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