An accident at a platinum mine in South Africa has killed 11 workers and injured 75, the mine's operator says. Impala Platinum chief executive Nico Muller described it as the "darkest day" in the ...

By Tim Cocks and Felix Njini JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in South Africa were brought to the ...

Stillwater said on Friday that it was working to bring to the surface 260 miners, who were stuck underground at one of its gold mines after the hoist system used to access the shaft was damaged in an ...

South Africa is the world’s largest producer ... The country had 49 fatalities from all mining accidents in 2022, down from 74 the year before. Deaths from South African mining accidents have ...

Eleven workers at a South African platinum mine have been killed and 75 others injured after a lift bringing the workers back to the surface dropped about 200 metres (656 feet), according to the ...

An accident at a platinum mine in South Africa has killed 11 workers and injured 75 when an elevator carrying them to the surface dropped suddenly, the operator said on Tuesday.

Sibanye Stillwater, which owns the Kloof mine near Johannesburg, said the workers were safe and gathered at an assembly point ...

Johannesburg-based Sibanye is among only a few South African miners squeezing profits from some of the world's deepest and costliest gold mines. Sibanye is digging for gold at depths of about 3,200 ...

Mining employs hundreds of thousands of people in South Africa, which is the biggest exporter of platinum and a major ...

Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater SSWJ.J gold mine in South Africa were brought to the surface on Friday, the company said ...

Mining accidents are not uncommon in South Africa, where many abandoned mines have been taken over by informal diggers. Earlier this year, at least 78 bodies were pulled from an illegal gold mine ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 23 (Reuters) - Nearly a third of the 260 miners stuck underground following an accident at a Sibanye-Stillwater (SSWJ.J), opens new tab gold mine in South Africa were brought to ...