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Al Jazeera
23-05-2025
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- Al Jazeera
Rescue bid launched for hundreds trapped in South African gold mine
Rescue efforts were under way in South Africa on Friday as more than 200 miners were trapped at a gold mine for a second day. Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater said on Thursday that the miners were trapped after what it referred to as a 'shaft incident' at the Kloof gold mine, one of the company's deepest. It said that all the workers were safe and gathered at an assembly point where they had been provided with food as efforts were being made to get them out. 'It was decided that employees should remain at the sub-shaft station until it is safe to proceed to the surface,' the company said. The total number of workers trapped was not immediately clear. News agencies reported that 260 people were trapped, while a company spokesperson said 289 miners were in the shaft. The National Union of Mineworkers, representing the workers at the Kloof mine, said they had been trapped for more than 24 hours as Sibanye-Stillwater continued pushing back its estimated time to retrieve the workers. 'We are very concerned because the mine did not even make this incident public until we reported it to the media,' said NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu. The mine, located 60km (37 miles) west of Johannesburg, is among a few collecting from some of the world's deepest gold deposits.
The Citizen
23-05-2025
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- The Citizen
Union concerned as 300 Sibanye Stillwater miners trapped underground await rescue
About 300 mineworkers are currently trapped underground at Sibanye Stillwater's Kloof Mine – near Randfontein and Westonaria – reportedly without access to food or water. Randfontein Herald reports that National Union of Mineworkers spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu says the workers became trapped yesterday in shaft 7 of the Kloof Mine. 'At the moment, the information is still scarce. We are waiting for the preliminary report. At this moment in time, we do not want to speculate. However, we are worried about the mineworkers,' Mammburu adds. Randfontein Herald attempted to reach Sibanye Stillwater spokesperson James Wellstead, but he is currently unavailable. Breaking news at your fingertips… Follow Caxton Network News on Facebook and join our WhatsApp channel. Nuus wat saakmaak. Volg Caxton Netwerk-nuus op Facebook en sluit aan by ons WhatsApp-kanaal. Read original story on At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
Arab News
23-05-2025
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- Arab News
Rescue efforts underway for 260 workers trapped in a South African gold mine
JOHANNESBURG: Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa to bring 260 workers trapped in a gold mine for a day back to the surface, the Sibanye Stillwater mining company said on Friday. According to the company, an initial investigation showed that a sub-shaft rock winder skip door opened at the loading point and caused some damage to the mineshaft at the Kloof mine, west of Johannesburg. 'Following a detailed risk assessment, it was decided that employees should remain at the sub-shaft station until it is safe to proceed to the surface, in order to avoid walking long distances at this time,' the company said in a statement. The National Union of Mineworkers, which represents workers at the Kloof mine, said the miners have been trapped for almost 24 hours, with the company repeatedly changing the estimated time for them to return to the surface. 'We are very concerned because the mine did not even make this incident public until we reported it to the media,' said NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu. The company said all miners were accounted for and safe, adding that it expected to hoist them back to the surface on Friday.
Associated Press
23-05-2025
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- Associated Press
Rescue efforts underway for 260 workers trapped in a South African gold mine
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rescue efforts are underway in South Africa to bring 260 workers trapped in a gold mine for a day back to the surface, the Sibanye Stillwater mining company said on Friday. According to the company, an initial investigation showed that a sub-shaft rock winder skip door opened at the loading point and caused some damage to the mineshaft at the Kloof mine, west of Johannesburg. 'Following a detailed risk assessment, it was decided that employees should remain at the sub-shaft station until it is safe to proceed to the surface, in order to avoid walking long distances at this time,' the company said in a statement. The National Union of Mineworkers, which represents workers at the Kloof mine, said the miners have been trapped for almost 24 hours, with the company repeatedly changing the estimated time for them to return to the surface. 'We are very concerned because the mine did not even make this incident public until we reported it to the media,' said NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu. The company said all miners were accounted for and safe, adding that it expected to hoist them back to the surface on Friday.
The Independent
23-05-2025
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- The Independent
Nearly 300 workers trapped deep underground in South African gold mine
A major rescue operation is underway to save 289 mine workers trapped underground in a South African gold mine. Rescuers are currently attempting to provide food to the trapped workers in the three-kilometre-deep Kloof gold mine near Johannesburg. "We can confirm that we had an incident at Kloof 7 shaft and are busy with making safe and shaft exam procedures, whereafter we will then hoist the employees out to surface," said a spokesperson for mining company Sibanya Stillwater said. Mining company Sibanya Stillwater says the workers are all safe and accounted for, and the situation is expected to be resolved by midday - but mine experts have said the mine shaft must at first be guaranteed safe. South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Friday that it has received reports of about 300 workers trapped underground at a mine near Johannesburg. "We have reports that about 300 workers are trapped underground at Kloof mine No. 7 shaft. The incident happened at around 10 pm yesterday," a spokesperson for NUM told Reuters. 'We are angry that Sibanye has tried to hide the fact that 300 workers are trapped underground without food,' spokesperson Livhuwani Mammburu had earlier told South African outlet the Daily Maverick.
