Illegal underground sit-in at Kroondal mine ends as workers return to surface

The illegal underground sit-in by employees at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kroondal mine ended on Wednesday afternoon with all workers returning to the surface on Wednesday afternoon.“Now that the illegal sit-in has been resolved, the company will engage with employees and the representative unions in accordance with existing, standard processes and mechanisms,” the company said in a statement. More than 200 miners staged an underground protest on Monday over annual payments under the employee share option schemes (ESOPs) being paid to beneficiaries of the company’s Rustenburg and…