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 …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Memorial events are taking place around South Africa today for 44 people killed in violence at the Marikana platinum mine, including 34 striking workers who died in a volley of police gunfire.. At a crowded service held at the Lonmin-owned mine, near the city of Rustenburg, family members of the …

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.

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 ...

Two security personnel and one civilian were killed in an attack by illegal miners at the Asanko gold mine, in Ghana, over the weekend. The mine is a 50:50 joint venture between JSE-listed Gold ...

In all, 88 people died in mines in South Africa in 2017 and 73 died the previous year. Prior to that, numbers of fatalities had fallen for nine years. The country has produced a third of all gold ...

The families of the three miners who died following a tragic incident at the Lilly mine in Mpumalanga are still seeking closure five years later. On this day in 2016, a container at the mine entrance collapsed and buried Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyirenda. Their bodies remain underground.

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 …

The Johannesburg-based platinum shut down most of its mines in South Africa after an accident at its No. 11 shaft killed 11 workers and saw another 75 hospitalised on Monday. Impala said Wednesday ...

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 ...

Photo: phill magakoe/AFP/Getty Images. 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 ...

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 ...

He left Britain for South Africa when he was only 18 years old. He took over the diamond mines at Kimberley South Africa and others in the area. By his early 20s, he was already a millionaire, but he did not retire. He made fortunes off the sweat of the indigenous nations and people of Southern Africa.

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.

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 …

CNN —. At 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 ...

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)

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)

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 …

More than 430 coal miners were killed in the Coalbrook disaster in 1960. An elevator carrying workers to the surface at a giant South African platinum mine plunged out of control killing 11 and ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At least 31 illegal miners are believed to have died in a gas explosion in a shuttered gold mine in South Africa that happened more than a month ago but is only now coming to light after people reported their relatives missing, …

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 ...

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 ...

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.