On the morning of February 24th, 1923, a routine ascent from the depths of Medomsley Colliery turned into one of the darkest ...
Rat-hole mining is banned by the Supreme Court. But its practice persists under the noses of government officials and ...
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Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?South African authorities have for years struggled to stop groups of miners from going into some of the gold-rich country's 6,000 abandoned or closed mines to search for leftover deposits. According ...
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South Africa tried to pressure informal gold miners by cutting off food. Now it's pulling out bodiesHundreds are still believed to be trapped Wednesday and the death toll is expected to rise in a disaster ... A specialist mining rescue company has been dropping a small cage thousands of feet ...
Earth from space: Golden river of toxic waste spills out from deadly mining disaster in South Africa
A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that ...
Hundreds are still believed to be trapped, and the death toll is expected to rise, in a disaster that ... A specialist mining rescue company has been dropping a small cage thousands of meters ...
Authorities initially deemed it too dangerous for official rescue personnel to enter the mine, leaving community volunteers familiar with its layout to descend in the cage. Here, they pulled ...
A memorial event for the 183 victims of the 1942 underwater coal mine disaster in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture, was held on Saturday ahead of the 83rd anniversary of the tragedy. Organized by a civic ...
Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) From ...
Many say the unfolding disaster underground was clear weeks ago, when community members sporadically pulled decomposing bodies out of the mine, some with notes attached ... To be sure, a camera was ...
Hundreds are still believed to be trapped Wednesday and the death toll is expected to rise in a disaster ... A specialist mining rescue company has been dropping a small cage thousands of feet ...
Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police ‘smoke them out’ tactics
Many say the unfolding disaster underground was clear weeks ago, when community members sporadically pulled decomposing bodies out of the mine ... down Thursday in a cage that was used to pull ...
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