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
Rescue workers pulled out the last seven trapped workers on Saturday after an underground fire killed 16 people in China’s latest mining disaster. The blaze that broke out Friday after... Read more
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday more than 5000 mineworkers have downed tools at the Northam Platinum Mine in Rustenburg to mourn the deaths of the two mineworkers ki... Read more
The water treatment plant at the Grootvlei mine near Springs will flood with acid mine water in five days, closing down operations, if action is not taken, the water affairs department said... Read more
Two mineworkers died at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde mine near Thabazimbi, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said today. “The workers died due to a fall of ground,”... Read more
