Platinum Miners’ Underground Protest in South Africa Goes On
- About 2,205 employees started an underground protest on Monday
- Protest relates to misunderstandings from ownership change
Miners at the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, on Dec. 19.
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Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. said an underground sit-in at one of its South African mines had ended without concession and more than 2,000 protesters had returned to the surface.
The incident at the Bafokeng Rasimone mine in South Africa’s North West province began on Monday and involved 2,205 employees. It was over by Wednesday afternoon said Johan Theron, a spokesman for the Johannesburg-based company.