Three mineworkers died in separate accidents in the past two days, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Friday. One worker died on Friday morning at Impala Platinum in Rustenburg,... Read more
A worker died in an accident at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine in Carletonville on Wednesday, the company said. “The accident occurred at approximately 22:20 last night (Wednesd... Read more
China said on Tuesday that two Chinese coal mine managers who were arrested in Zambia for allegedly shooting 12 local workers had hurt the Zambians “mistakenly”. The two Chinese... Read more
South Africa’s largest union said on Wednesday the government should enact new legislation to compel mining companies to uphold higher safety standards and prevent avoidable mine accid... Read more
The South African Chamber of Mines on Wednesday joined the world in expressing relief and delight at progress made in rescuing 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for over two months. So f... Read more
The engineer leading Chilean rescue efforts says his team has successfully tested a rescue capsule nearly all the way down to where 33 miners are trapped. Andres Sougarett says the empty cap... Read more
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
