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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has lambasted the ruling by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, which dismissed an application to interdict Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) that suspended the licence for mini-pit operators

The National Union of Mineworkers has lambasted the ruling by the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, which dismissed an application to interdict Richards Bay Coal Terminal that suspended the licence for mini-pit operators.

, approached the high court to urgently seek it to issue a ruling, which would set aside the decision by the terminal to suspend its use, leaving the mine unable to export coal.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.

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