S.Africa's AMCU union to strike at Lonmin next week

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 16 (Reuters) - South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said on Thursday its members had voted in favour of a strike over wages at world No. 3 platinum producer Lonmin and they would down tools next week.

"On Monday the management at Lonmin will be served with a 48-hour strike notice," Evans Ramokga, an AMCU activist on the platinum belt, told Reuters.

(Reporting by Ed Stoddard; Editing by Ed Cropley)

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