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South Africa gold mine: Rescue underway for 955 trapped workers

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Image caption A rescued miner gestures out a bus window
A rescue operation is underway to release 955 workers from a gold mine in South Africa after a power cut left them trapped.

A spokesman for the mine's operating company said on Friday morning that power had been restored to a lift to release them.

The miners have been trapped underground since Wednesday night.

South Africa is a leading gold producer, but safety in the industry is often questioned.

The Beatrix mine is in Welkom town, about 290km (180 miles) south-west of Johannesburg. It is owned by Sibanye-Stillwater mining firm.

It has 23 levels, going down to 1,000 metres (3,280 ft) below ground.

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The workers are expected to get taken for food and showers upon their release, before having medical health checks.

A reporter for the AFP news agency said several ambulances arrived overnight at the site.

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Image caption Power has been now been restored at the site, and rescue hoists have begun
Company spokesman James Wellsted said there was "no indication so far that anyone has been in distress", but that counselling has been made available to the workers and their families.

On Thursday he said water and food supplies had been able to reach the miners, but engineers were struggling to get emergency generators operating.

The power outage is believed to have been caused after a storm knocked over an electricity pylon close to the site.

Trade union officials had said they feared that the lives of the miners were at risk.

More than 80 fatalities were recorded in South African mines in 2017.

 

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Over 900 gold miners in South Africa stuck underground
by Daniella Silva and Reuters


Over 900 miners were stuck underground at a gold mine in South Africa after a storm knocked out power, the company which runs the mine said Thursday.

As of late Thursday night, 955 miners were still trapped in company Sibanye-Stillwater's Beatrix gold mine, a spokesman told NBC News.


Mine security officials walk underground at Sibanye Gold's Masimthembe mine in Westonaria, South Africa on April 3, 2017. Mike Hutchings / Reuters file
"There was a violent storm last night which knocked down both the primary and back up power lines going to our operations, and as a result were unable to bring the night shift up to surface in the morning," Spokesman James Wellsted said in a statement late Thursday.

The company managed to restore power to two mine shafts and brought up 272 people from one shaft and 64 from the other, Wellsted said.

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"Unfortunately, control systems and generators at the third shaft were damaged by the power surge and we have been unable to bring 955 people at that shaft up as yet," he said. "We are trying to restore power, but at this stage have been unable to do so."

Earlier Thursday, Wellsted told Reuters the workers were safe and receiving food and water.

The National Union of Mineworkers told Reuters that the company was using a generator to help rescue workers.

"There is no electricity there, so they are using a generator to power the cage to take workers to the surface," NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu told Reuters.

"The problem is they are rescuing one mineworker at a time. It is very slow. It is worrying," he said. 'Some of our members have chronic conditions and they don't have medication down there."

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The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union said in a statement on Twitter that it viewed the incident "as extreme due to the sheer number of workers involved."

"This incident also raises serious concern regarding the lacking emergency contingency plans at the mine for alternative and back-up power generation," the statement added.