Sibanye Stillwater Halts Kloof Mine Operations After 260 Trapped Miners Rescued

Sibanye workers begin to surface after accident at South African gold mine

Nearly a third of 260 miners trapped in a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were rescued, with no injuries reported, following a shaft accident.

Miners trapped underground in South Africa safely rescued

Medical and rescue teams successfully retrieved 260 miners who were trapped underground in a South African gold mine after a mine shaft was damaged.

The 260 miners who were trapped in a gold mine outside Johannesburg, in South Africa, were rescued after more than 24 hours underground, the site manager announced this Friday. The miners had been trapped since Thursday at the Kloof gold mine, 60 km west of Johannesburg, after a winch used to access the well was damaged in an accident, reported the mining company Sibanye-Stillwater. A first phase of the rescue allowed 79 miners to return to the …

Sibanye Stillwater halts Kloof mine operations after 260 trapped miners rescued

Miners who were trapped underground at Sibanye's Kloof mine all safely rescued

All 260 miners who were trapped underground after an accident at Sibanye-Stillwater Kloof mine near Westonaria on Thursday have now resurfaced

Sibanye workers begin to surface after accident at South African gold mine – Democratic Accent

Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater SSWJ.J gold mine in South Africa were brought to the surface on Friday, the company said, as a senior union official confirmed there had been no injuries. The miners were stuck underground after the hoist system used to access a shaft at the Kloof gold mine – one of Sibanye’s deepest, situated about 37 miles west of Johannesburg – was damaged in an a…