US EditionSibanye says 289 workers trapped in South African gold mine
- Sibanye Stillwater reported that 289 workers became trapped underground at the Kloof 7 shaft of its gold mine near Johannesburg on May 22 around 10 p.m.
- The trapping followed an incident where a door opened and debris fell while ore was being hauled, damaging the shaft and requiring safety procedures before rescue.
- The Kloof mine is an ultra-deep gold operation with shafts exceeding 3,200 meters depth, which complicates extraction and accounts for 14% of Sibanye’s gold output.
- A spokesperson for Sibanye indicated that the situation is anticipated to be resolved around midday today, with rescue efforts focused on supplying food and keeping the miners gathered at an underground assembly area.
- The incident triggered a major rescue operation highlighting safety challenges in South Africa’s deep gold mines, where mining accidents occur relatively often and workers’ wellbeing is critical.
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About 260 miners trapped underground at a gold mine about an hour west of Johannesburg, South Africa, for over a day have been rescued. None of them is injured. “All 260 miners trapped underground at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof mine in Westonaria have been rescued,” Kaya News reported Saturday. The miners were trapped due to a shaft failure, which caused damage to the hoisting infrastructure. Source
Miners rescued after shaft failure at Sibanye gold mine in South Africa
Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater 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 60 km (37 miles) west of Johannesburg - was damaged in an …
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