Sibanye's profit increased by 13% in 2021 to 33.1 billion rand ($2.16 billion).

State-power utility Eskom had initiated the talks last year in a bid to raise money to help reduce its reliance on the coal.

Solidarity, along with three other unions, had been negotiating since December over wages at Sibanye's South African gold mines

Prices of PGMs have come off record highs seen early last year.

The order from the Tribunal of Commerce in the southeastern city of Lubumbashi marks a significant development in a dispute that broke out last year.

Zimbabwe’s plan to develop one of the world’s biggest platinum mines stalled after Impala asked for greater transparency on the ownership of a state-run company.