78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of …
9 hours ago · STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over two months during a standoff with authorities who demanded they surrender to police because they were mining illegally.. Hundreds are still believed to be trapped Wednesday and the death toll is ...
At least 78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was …
8 hours ago · South African authorities have argued that the miners were always able to exit through another shaft at Buffelsfontein Gold Mine, one of the deepest in the mineral-rich country.
Dozens of survivors and dead pulled from abandoned South African mine …
1 day ago · Rescuers have sent a cagelike structure into one of South Africa’s deepest gold mines to bring out survivors among hundreds of miners working illegally ... Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe visited the site Tuesday and said that more than 1,500 miners who resurfaced from the Buffelsfontein mine have been arrested since authorities began a ...
78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of …
9 hours ago · South Africa's Police minister Senzo Mchunu, center, attempts talking to family members and activists after visiting an abandoned gold mine, where miners are rescued from below ground, in ...
South Africa Stilfontein mine rescue operations intensify - BBC
4 hours ago · Inside South Africa's 'ruthless' gang-controlled gold mines The mines have been taken over by gangs, often former employees, that sell minerals they find on the black market.
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in …
1 day ago · CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine ...
Death toll in South Africa abandoned gold mine disaster climbs …
7 hours ago · Over the years, many gold mines have closed due to declining production, only to be overtaken by illegal foreign miners seeking gold. Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe, who also visited the Buffelsfontein mine on Tuesday, emphasized the severe economic impact of illegal mining, estimating losses of 60 billion rand in ...
Are hundreds of South Africa miners dead, trapped underground?
1 day ago · South Africa’s Buffelsfontein Gold Mine has become the center of a storm. Civic groups say at least 100 miners have died in an abandoned gold mine and that hundreds of others remain trapped deep underground. Authorities, on the other hand, say that the men can come out at any time but fear being arrested.
Dozens of survivors, dead pulled from South African mine as …
1 day ago · Police say at least 60 bodies and 92 survivors have been brought out of the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine since Friday, but hundreds more are still believed to be underground, many of them ill and starving
South Africa gold mine: Rescuers try to free men trapped in mine …
1 day ago · The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners ...
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