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The 2009 Harmony Gold mine deaths occurred in late May and early June 2009 in Free State province, South Africa. At least 82 miners, many from Lesotho , Mozambique and Zimbabwe , died from inhalation of poisonous gasses created by a May 18 fire in the mineshaft.
In South Africa, Harmony Gold secured a license to sell a replica of the One Ring, made from gold taken from the Bloemfontein mine, the area where The Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien was born. Their version of the ring, also inscribed with elvish script, sold in a variety of sizes in various jewellery stores throughout South Africa ...
The South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine is a gold mine located south-west of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The mine is sometimes also referred to as "South Kal Mines - New Celebration", being a merger of the former New Celebration Gold Mine and the Jubilee Gold Mine, which were combined in 2002.
The Big Bell Gold Mine is a gold mine located at Big Bell, 24 km north-west of Cue, Western Australia. [2] The mine was owned and operated by Harmony Gold at the time of its closure in June 2003, having produced 2.6 million ounces (73.7 metric tons) of gold during its lifetime, but was sold to Aragon Resources Limited in January 2010.
The Kinross mine disaster (16 September 1986) resulted in the deaths of 177 miners and the injury of 235 others, [1] making it one of the largest mining incidents in South Africa. [ 1 ] The disaster occurred at the Kinross gold mine when welding set alight an acetylene cylinder.
At 02:33 ALMT at the Kostenko mine, a fire occurred at a level located about 700 metres (2,300 ft) deep. [10] At the time of the incident, 252 people were in the mine, 205 of whom were brought to the surface. [11] 18 people received medical assistance. Initially, four dead bodies were found, and three more were later discovered.
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi had an unaired pilot episode.Sam Register pitched the idea of Puffy AmiYumi having their own television series on Cartoon Network, and the studio Renegade Animation developed a test short on April 22, 2003, in hopes of swaying the channel to greenlit their show's production.
A fire broke out late on March 17, 2011, in the main shaft at the 25th level. [16] The fire was smothered using 70,000 gallons of fire-fighting foam, filling the 27th and lowest level of the shaft (27th level) from floor to ceiling. The Underground Laboratory lost power but remained safe.