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Washington Post
23-05-2025
- General
- Washington Post
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.
Reuters
23-05-2025
- Reuters
South Africa's mining union says it received reports of 300 trapped in mine
JOHANNESBURG, May 23 (Reuters) - 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.
