[miningmx.com] – SOME 500 of workers who staged a five-day underground sit-in at ASA Metals’ Dilokong mine in South Africa’s Limpopo province have returned to the surface, said BDLive citing the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
They returned to the surface early on Tuesday, but will continue to strike as they demand both the removal of the company’s human resources manager and the withdrawal of charges against local NUM officials, the union said.
The NUM downed tools last Thursday at the chromium mine and accused the company of suspending and dismissing the union’s officials on “spurious grounds”, said BDLive.
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