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More Than 100 People Missing After South Africa Mine Collapse: Official
More than 100 people were unaccounted for after a gold mine in Mpumalanga province in northeastern South Africa caved in, a union official said today, while emergency services said 49 miners had so far been brought to the surface.
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Gang Wars Erupt Over Abandoned Mines in South Africa
With his armoured 4x4 parked at the entrance of an abandoned gold mine shaft in South Africa, the security guard armed with a gun and a bullet proof vest makes for a menacing sentry.
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Nearly 500 South African Workers Rescued after Mine Fire
Nearly 500 miners who were trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in South Africa on Sunday were brought to the surface safely, a spokeswoman for mining company Harmony Gold said.
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18 Workers Missing After Mine Accident in South Africa
18 workers were still unaccounted for Sunday following a fire at a South African mine that had trapped nearly 500 workers underground, a spokeswoman for mining company Harmony Gold said.
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Eight Miners Shot Dead at South African Gold Mine
Eight suspected illegal gold miners were found shot dead at a disused mine near Johannesburg at the weekend, police said Monday.
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With picks and prayers, illegal miners risk all for South African gold
After eight days decomposing in a disused South African gold mine, 32-year-old Blessing's body was so bloated it could barely fit through the tiny tunnel entrance hidden at the foot of a towering mine dump in a town east of Johannesburg.
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South Africa mine accident: 11 workers pulled out, say rescuers
Eleven workers have been pulled out of an illegal gold mine in South Africa where around 200 were feared trapped on Sunday, rescuers said.
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South African miner Gold Fields fires 8,500 strikers
South African miner Gold Fields on Tuesday fired 8,500 workers who refused to halt an illegal stoppage at its KDC East mine, a spokesman said.
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South Africa Lonmin miners end strike, accept pay raise
After a round of fresh talks yesterday, a negotiator had announced in the afternoon that the workers had settled for a 22 per cent wage rise and a USD 245 one-off bonus from the owners of the world's third largest platinum mine.
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Four shot at mine owned by South Africa President's nephew
Police and politicians say four miners have been shot and injured, apparently by security guards using rubber bullets at a gold mine owned by the South African president's nephew and a grandson of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
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More Than 100 People Missing After South Africa Mine Collapse: Official
More than 100 people were unaccounted for after a gold mine in Mpumalanga province in northeastern South Africa caved in, a union official said today, while emergency services said 49 miners had so far been brought to the surface.
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Gang Wars Erupt Over Abandoned Mines in South Africa
With his armoured 4x4 parked at the entrance of an abandoned gold mine shaft in South Africa, the security guard armed with a gun and a bullet proof vest makes for a menacing sentry.
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Nearly 500 South African Workers Rescued after Mine Fire
Nearly 500 miners who were trapped underground by a fire at a gold mine in South Africa on Sunday were brought to the surface safely, a spokeswoman for mining company Harmony Gold said.
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18 Workers Missing After Mine Accident in South Africa
18 workers were still unaccounted for Sunday following a fire at a South African mine that had trapped nearly 500 workers underground, a spokeswoman for mining company Harmony Gold said.
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Eight Miners Shot Dead at South African Gold Mine
Eight suspected illegal gold miners were found shot dead at a disused mine near Johannesburg at the weekend, police said Monday.
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With picks and prayers, illegal miners risk all for South African gold
After eight days decomposing in a disused South African gold mine, 32-year-old Blessing's body was so bloated it could barely fit through the tiny tunnel entrance hidden at the foot of a towering mine dump in a town east of Johannesburg.
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South Africa mine accident: 11 workers pulled out, say rescuers
Eleven workers have been pulled out of an illegal gold mine in South Africa where around 200 were feared trapped on Sunday, rescuers said.
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South African miner Gold Fields fires 8,500 strikers
South African miner Gold Fields on Tuesday fired 8,500 workers who refused to halt an illegal stoppage at its KDC East mine, a spokesman said.
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South Africa Lonmin miners end strike, accept pay raise
After a round of fresh talks yesterday, a negotiator had announced in the afternoon that the workers had settled for a 22 per cent wage rise and a USD 245 one-off bonus from the owners of the world's third largest platinum mine.
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Four shot at mine owned by South Africa President's nephew
Police and politicians say four miners have been shot and injured, apparently by security guards using rubber bullets at a gold mine owned by the South African president's nephew and a grandson of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela.
