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11 workers died at the Impala mine when a cage carrying 86 miner suffered a fault resulting in it plunging to the bottom of the shaft.

Eleven miners died when cage transporting 86 of them plunged to the bottom of the shaft during a mechanical fault on Monday. President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended his thoughts to mine management and injured staff.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – An elevator suddenly dropped around 200 metres while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75 — 14 of them critically, the mine operator said Tuesday. It happened Monday evening at the end of the workers’ shift at a mine in the northern […]

News update: Operations at Impala Platinum Mine in Rustenburg, North West, have been halted amid an investigation into the death of 11 miners

Eleven workers died at the Rustenberg-based mine when a cage carrying 86 mineworkers suffered a mechanical fault in its conveyance system, resulting in it plunging to the bottom of the shaft.

Mining companies are sitting with stockpiles of minerals that need to be transported to terminals in Richard’s Bay.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- An elevator suddenly dropped around 656 feet while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75 -- 14 of them critically, the mine operator said Tuesday.

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says a disaster like the one at the Impala Platinum mine where 11 people died occurs, it serves as an opportunity for unions to make inputs on improving workers safety.

In the latest news in South Africa on Wednesday, 29 November 2023, a mother and her son (9) were murdered in their Alberton home.

JOHANNESBURG—An industrial elevator that plunged some 650 feet down a decades-old shaft killed 11 miners and injured 75 others at South Africa’s largest…