
Optimum Coal Mine (Pty) Ltd v National Union of ...
· OPTIMUM COAL MINE (PTY) LTD..... Applicant. and. NATIONAL UNION OF MINEWORKERS ... The applicant carries on the business of mining coal. It has major customers both locally and internationally to whom it supplies coal, with the bulk of its production being exported. Significantly, one of its major contracts is with Eskom, to which it is required to supply 460 000 tonnes .