The bodies of three missing employees of ArcelorMittal have been recovered, the company confirmed on Thursday. All three employees succumbed to injuries sustained in an incident at the company's Vanderbijlpark Works on Wednesday morning. "On behalf of the ArcelorMittal South Africa board, management and employees, our heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathies go to the families and colleagues of the deceased," Kobus Verster, CEO of ArcelorMittal South Africa, said in a statement. This is an absolute tragedy, and we will do a full and thorough investigation to understand what happened so that we can avoid anything like this from happening again at ArcelorMittal South Africa," said Verster. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said in a statement on Thursday it is mourning the loss of the three workers.

Source: News 24 February 18, 2021 07:55 UTC