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5 miners are trapped deep underground after a mudslide at a South African diamond mine

  • Five miners are trapped about 800 meters underground in a South African diamond mine after a mudslide flooded the shaft they were working in.
  • Ekapa Mining's General Manager Howard Marsden said rescuers are pumping water from the shaft and drilling to reach the trapped miners for communication or proof of life.
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Five miners, missing since Tuesday after a landslide deep underground at the South African Ekapa mine, are believed to have died.

·Belgrade, Serbia
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Five miners are trapped underground in a South African diamond mine after a landslide, and a rescue operation is underway for the survivors of the mine collapse.

·Budapest, Hungary
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Reuters broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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