Mining companies advise mineral resources department of 32,000 possible job cuts January 28, 2016 Workers at Free State University demanding insourcing and R10,000 wage General NUM to engage to try and avoid calamitous Kumba retrenchmentsPosted by admin ANA writes that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday described the impending retrenchment of more than 2,600 workers at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine “a calamity”, which it will “try to avoid”. Source: Latest News