Miners Rescued After More than 30 Hours in South Africa

All 260 miners who were trapped in a gold mine in South Africa for more than 24 hours have been freed, mining company Sibanye-Stillwater announced Friday evening.

RADOR RADIO ROMANIA (May 24th) – The rescue teams from South Africa brought them to the surface of all the 260 mines that were blocked more than one day in the basement, to the gold mine Kloof. All were subjected to medical checks, although my operator claims that they were not in [...]

The 260 officials of miner Siwana-Stilwater had to wait at the bottom of the gold mining mine until the mining system was provided The 260 workers who were trapped in the base of a gold mining mine in the vicinity of Johannesburg, South Africa, were rescued on Saturday, after waiting for more than 30 hours. According to miner Siwana-Stilwater, miners were arrested from Friday in the mine of Kloof, about 60 kilometers from Johannesburg, after the…

In South Africa, 260 miners were rescued from a gold mine after they had remained there for more than 24 hours due to a defective lift. In the first phase of the rescue operation, 79 people were taken out of the underground shaft, according to a statement by the operator of the Kloof gold mine west of Johannesburg on Friday. The remaining miners could therefore be rescued six hours later.

Miners were trapped in a gold mine after a hoist was damaged Thursday night.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A gold mine in South Africa was left trapped after a shaft collapsed on Thursday, trapping 260 miners. Rescuers had freed nearly a third of them by Friday, Reuters and AFP reported. “All 260 employees are safe and have been provided with food,” mining company Sibanye-Stillwater said in a statement. Some of the miners have been without food or water for more than 24 hours. “They are not trapped. It has been decided to lea…