Mining Weekly5d
Novel South African-engineered mobile rescue winder instrumental in Stilfontein rescue
The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally ...
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
The world's deepest gold mine that plunges a staggering 2.5 miles into the Earth's surface
One African country is home to the deepest gold mine in the world with staggering depths and intense temperatures.
PBS12d
South African miner describes horrors endured by those who spent months underground
A miner who spent six months in a disused mine in South Africa has spoken of the horror he experienced after a police ...
Kansas Public Radio12d
A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
Operations to rescue hundreds of illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, a small mining town about 100 miles ...
The National on MSN13d
Deep coal mine shafts studied for geothermal heating potential
The Coal Authority, which oversees the former pits on behalf of the government, estimates there could be enough energy in the flooded, abandoned mines to heat all of the homes on ...
Orange County Register14d
South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
The mine is 1.5 miles deep with multiple shafts, many levels and a maze of ... optimism’ despite divisions, suffering in world Rights groups condemned the plan and South Africa’s second ...
The San Bernardino Sun14d
South Africa ends mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
he said on TV station Newzroom Afrika. The mine is 1.5 miles deep with multiple shafts, many levels and a maze of tunnels. Another civic group had estimated that more than 500 miners were ...