Wall Street Journal3d
Hundreds of Miners Were Trapped for Months—Until an Extraordinary Two-Man Rescue Mission
STILFONTEIN, South Africa—With hundreds of miners trapped below ground without food or water, two men from down the road volunteered to venture where no police, government officials or ...
Forbes6d
Gold Miners Reaping A Record Cash Harvest
Top of the cash harvesting list, according to investment bank Goldman Sachs, is the world’s biggest miner of the precious metal Newmont Corporation. Until recently most investor interest in ...
scmp.com6d
At least 100 illegal miners dead after being trapped for months in South Africa mine: group
Sabelo Mnguni, a spokesman for the Mining Affected Communities United in Action Group, said a mobile phone sent to the surface with some rescued miners on Friday had two videos on it showing ...
Sky7d
At least 100 illegal miners have died trapped underground in South Africa, group says
Sabelo Mnguni, a spokesman for the Mining Affected Communities United in Action Group (MACUA), said a mobile phone sent to the surface with some of the rescued miners on Friday had videos showing ...
Los Angeles Times5d
South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it’s pulling out bodies
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine, where they have languished for over ...
ABC News7d
Why hundreds of miners are still trapped and starving in abandoned South Africa mine
South African authorities have ome under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months CAPE TOWN ...
Los Angeles Times4d
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police ‘smoke them out’ tactics
STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a months-long standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...
CBS News6d
At least 100 people reportedly dead in illegal South African gold mine as rescues continue
Over 100 people who were illegally mining in the abandoned mine have reportedly died since the crackdown began, a group representing the miners told British broadcaster Sky News. Arguing that the ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation7d
Dozens of bodies pulled from South African mine, fears for hundreds of other miners
It comes after a weeks-long saga where authorities have been accused of trying to force the miners to surface by stopping food and water supplies. It is not clear how many people are in the ...
NBC Los Angeles5d
Death toll climbs to 87 as standoff between police, miners ends in South Africa
The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday.
BBC5d
No more miners trapped underground in South Africa, volunteers say
No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said. At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have ...