HomeSteelStainless & special steelsStainless & special steels Archive BHP Billiton fights to avert strike BHP Billiton is to appeal against a court decision which could allow the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) to proceed with a strike at the company's two South African aluminium smelters. BHP Billiton had argued in court that its aluminium and ferro-chrome subsidiaries are unrelated businesses.Despite the court's decision today in favour of Numsa, the strike cannot go ahead, as... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published October 29, 2001 15:50 GMT London Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}