Anglo America’s Kumba Iron Ore announced on Monday that it had fired almost 300 workers in South Africa for participating in an illegal strike and commandeering millions in company equipment. According to a company statement the strikers have occupied the mine since 3 October, and have refused to heed an ultimatum to leave the mine on Monday morning and submit to disciplinary hearings.
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