Sibanye’s 1,800 platinum workers rescued; no effect on output

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South African platinum miner Sibanye-Stillwater has safely brought to the surface 1,800 worker who were trapped underground on Tuesday after an incident in a shaft at the company’s Rustenburg opera- tions, the company said. Rails, which were being transported underground at the Thembelani shaft, part of the Rustenburg platinum mine operations, came loose and fell down the shaft, Sibanye spokesman James Wellsted said Tuesday.