South Africa's AMCU says to press on with platinum strike

CAPE TOWN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Members of South Africa's AMCU union will continue with a wage strike that has hit output at the world's three biggest platinum producers until employers meet their demands, union leader Joseph Mathunjwa said on Wednesday.

Earlier, an industry official told a mining conference in Cape Town the strikes were costing the sector about 197 million rand ($18 million) per day in direct revenue lost. ($1 = 11.1242 South African rand)

(Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Writing by Stella Mapenzauswa; Editing by Ed Cropley)

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Keywords: SAFRICA STRIKES/UNION