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On 13 January 2025, months after the siege began, South African authorities, led by the Department of Mineral Resources, [8] began a court-ordered [3] rescue operation in the mine. A metal cage and lift system was used to recover survivors and deceased miners from a shaft more than 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) underground. [1]
Pages in category "Mining disasters in South Africa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... 2009 Harmony Gold mine deaths; Hlobane Coal ...
South Africa’s Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) described the deaths at the Stilfontein mine, located around 97 miles (156 kilometers) southwest of Johannesburg, as an “unfolding massacre.”
An elevator accident occurred on 27 November 2023 at the Impala Platinum mine in Rustenburg, South Africa, when an ascending mine elevator fell 200 m down the number 11 shaft. [1] Thirteen miners were killed, 11 on the scene and two dying in hospital later, and 73 were injured. [ 2 ]
The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator has risen to 13 people after a worker died at a hospital, the mine operator said Monday. Impala Platinum ...
The deaths occurred in the Free State province of South Africa. 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. [1] [2]
Boksburg, Johannesburg, South Africa: Cause: Suspected nitric oxide gas leak linked to illegal gold mining: Deaths: 17: Non-fatal injuries: 10: On 5 July 2023, ...
A methane explosion occurred at the Hlobane Colliery, Natal, South Africa on 12 September 1983, killing 68 miners. The disaster occurred on the 39th anniversary of a similar explosion in 1944 where 57 miners were killed at the same mine. [1]