Chilean rescuers finished drilling an escape shaft for 33 miners trapped deep underground after a cave-in over two months ago, triggering cheers and tears from relatives on the surface. Resc... Read more
North West mines the most dangerous Mining fatalities in the first nine months of 2010 dropped by about 26% compared to the same period in 2009, the trade union Solidarity said today. The nu... Read more
Murray & Roberts on Monday confirmed that their drill will breakthrough to the trapped Chilean miners in the next nine days. The drill is one of three that make up the intensive rescue e... Read more
Rescue efforts are still underway to find one missing miner following yesterday’s seismic event at Bambanani mine in Welkom in the Free State where eight employees were trapped. An upd... Read more
Four miners are trapped underground at Harmony Gold’s Bambanani Mine in the Free State following an earth tremor, the mineral resources department said on Monday. Eight miners were ini... Read more
A man has died in an accident at AngloGold Ashanti’s Kopanang mine in the North West, the mining company said on Monday. “Jonase Serame Mosebo… sustained injuries during a... Read more
An illegal miner was gunned down at the mine owned by President Jacob Zuma’s nephew, Khulubuse Zuma, and by Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Zondwa Mandela, on Saturday night. This bri... Read more
The first of three rescue drills on Friday reached 33 Chilean miners trapped for six weeks 0.70 kilometres underground, but it will still take weeks to widen the shaft enough to extract the... Read more
South Africa’s Mines Rescue team has offered its services to the government of Chile to help free 33 mine workers who have already been trapped in the San Jose gold and copper mine in... Read more
Chilean miners who survived 18 days after a cave-in received hydration gel and medication through a narrow drill hole on Monday, but officials said it could be months before the men are free... Read more