Anglo Platinum’s (Angloplat’s) Amandelbult mine, near Rustenburg, remained shut on Tuesday, following a transport derailment fatality on Monday in which one worker died.

Spokesperson Simon Tebele said that a full investigation was under way, and the mine would hold a meeting and presentation with the Department of Minerals and Energy on Thursday. The mine would remain closed until then.

Angloplat has also arranged an entire day workshop on Thursday, where management and union representatives would address employees on the issue of safety in mines.

Monday’s accident came less than a week after a winch-related accident claimed the life of a worker at the company’s Lebowa platinum mine, in Limpopo.

Around 120 workers have lost their lives in South Africa’s mines this year, and safety remained under the spotlight, with unions calling for workers to stop work each time a fatality occurred, and companies insisting that safety was their number one concern.

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