The latest estimates show that in 2021, more than 5,500 people were killed or maimed by landmines, most of them were civilians, half of whom were children. More than two decades after the adoption of …

Pretoria: Eleven people were killed inside a platinum mine, located 100 km from Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. Impala Platinum, the mine's owner, said that an elevator suddenly ...

The Rustenburg area where the platinum mines are concentrated is the site of one of South Africa's most horrific episodes. In 2012, police killed 34 miners in a mass shooting following a prolonged strike and days of violence at another platinum mine in nearby Marikana. Six mine workers, two police officers and two private security officers ...

Related video S. Africa mine CFO: Violence shocked us Of the dozens killed at the Marikana mine, 34 died in a hail of gunfire from police officers, who said they shot at the machete-armed ...

A street vendor selling oranges at a taxi rank in Welkom, South Africa, Friday, June 23, 2023. At least 31 people were believed to have died in a gas explosion in a disused mine shaft in the city of Welkom that happened last month but was only now coming to light, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

5 Jul 2023. A suspected gas leak has killed as many as 16 people including three children, in Boksburg, South Africa, a suburb just outside of Johannesburg. William Ntladi, an emergency services ...

AP/AP. By Rédaction Africanews. with AFP. Last updated: 28/11 - 13:10. South Africa. Eleven people died in an accident at a South African platinum mine on …

Last year, 49 people were killed in accidents in South Africa's formal mining sector, the lowest number on record, according to the Minerals Council South Africa, an industry group.

South Africa has the world's deepest mines and is a major exporter of gold, diamonds, coal and other raw materials. Many of the deep mines have lifts that can carry more than 100 people at a time.

South Africa. Eleven people died in an accident at a South African platinum mine on Monday when the lift fell as it was lifting workers at the end of their day, the company that owns the mine ...

In 1986, more than 175 gold miners died in a fire in the Kinross mine, 100 miles east of Johannesburg. Mining officials say some 69,000 mine workers, most them black, have been killed in ...

South Africa. At least 16 people, including three children, were killed by a leak of a toxic nitrate gas being used by illegal miners to process gold in a settlement of closely packed metal shacks ...

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 …

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Impala Platinum (IMPJ.J) on Tuesday temporarily halted operations at its Rustenburg mining complex in South Africa after 11 workers died and 75 were injured in ...

Associated Press. Nov. 28, 2023 12:18 PM PT. JOHANNESBURG — An elevator suddenly dropped more than 650 feet while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in …

Story by Michael Dorgan • 3d. Eleven people have been killed and at least 75 others are injured after an elevator at a mine in South Africa broke and plunged down hundreds of …

More than 1,500 people are killed. ... The gold mining industry in South Africa—concentrated in the Witwatersrand region near Johannesburg—was the key to the entire economy and depended on two distinct labor markets. The majority of gold miners were black Africans, who worked for low wages and were often preferred by the nine …

A t least 20 people - mostly mine workers - were killed in South Africa's Limpopo province on Sunday after a bus they were traveling in erupted in flames following a head-on collision with a ...

South Africa is the world's leading producer of platinum. Mine accidents are common in South Africa, where hundreds of thousands work in the industry. South Africa has the world's deepest mines and is a major exporter of gold, diamonds, coal and other raw materials. Many of the deep mines have lifts that can carry more than 100 people at …

Nov 28, 2023, 5:58 AM PST. The incident happened at an Implats platinum mine near Rustenburg, South Africa. Implats/AP. 11 miners were killed and 75 were injured when an elevator plunged 650 feet ...

South Africa mourns 44 killed in mine clashes - CNN. Aug 23, 2012 · Rustenburg, South Africa (CNN)-- South Africans wept, sang somber hymns and prayed at memorial services Thursday to mourn 44 people killed during …

BAMAKO - More than 70 people have been killed after a tunnel collapsed at a Malian gold mining site last week, local sources told AFP Wednesday, the latest disaster in a region prone to mining accidents. Mali, which is among the world's poorest countries, is one of Africa's leading gold producers. Gold mining sites are regularly the scene of ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator has risen to 13 people after a worker died at a …

As a result, mining has been marred by violence, with the Marikana Massacre of 2012 being the most recent occurrence where police killed 34 workers and injured 78. Such events are rooted in a strike led by the African Mine Workers' Union in August 1946. Miners of the Witwatersrand were demanding higher pay: an extra 10 shillings a day.

Commuters queuing to catch minibus taxi in Welkom, South Africa, Friday, June 23, 2023. At least 31 people were believed to have died in a gas explosion in a disused mine shaft in South Africa that happened last month but was only now coming to light, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

The Institute of Security Studies estimated that at least "30,000 illegal miners work in and around thousands of disused and active mines across South Africa", costing the country an estimated ...

South Africa has the world's deepest mines and is a major exporter of gold, diamonds, coal and other raw materials. Many of the deep mines have lifts that can carry more than 100 people at a time.

Striking miners fired on in South Africa. 03:58 - Source: CNN. CNN —. Violence between competing unions at South Africa's mines is threatening to weaken Africa's largest economy . On ...

The deaths came after a week of turmoil at the Marikana mine that had already seen 10 people killed, including two police officers and two security guards. Lonmin, the world's third biggest ...

A gold miner pans for gold in Mali (AFP via Getty Images) More than 70 people have died after a gold mine collapsed in Mali, officials say. A search is continuing in the West African country ...