South African Mine Workers Continue Underground Protest for Second Day

National Union of Mineworkers' intervention fails to resolve pay and benefits dispute at Implats' platinum mine.

Over 2,000 workers at the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine in South Africa have continued their underground protest for a second day over pay and benefits.
The mine is owned by Implats, one of the world's largest platinum miners, which has suspended work and deemed the protest illegal.
Representatives from the National Union of Mineworkers have met with the protesters underground, but the situation remains unresolved.
Of the more than 2,200 workers who began the protest, 167 had returned to the surface by Tuesday night.
Such protests are not uncommon in South Africa, the world's largest platinum producer, with two recent similar incidents at a gold mine in Springs, near Johannesburg.