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☆ Deadly Mine Accident Highlights Dangers of South Africa’s Deep Underground Shafts
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Alexandra Wexler | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
A view of the Impala Platinum site near Rustenburg, South Africa. Photo: phill magakoe/AFP/Getty ImagesJOHANNESBURG—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 platinum mine, the mine’s owner, Impala Platinum , said Tuesday. The accident was one of the worst in years at a facility run by an international mining major, and the deadliest in South Africa in more than two decades. It highlights the dangers involved in mining in the country, the largest producer of platinum globally and a major gold producer. Hundreds of thousands of workers still toil underground here in some of the world’s oldest and deepest shafts.
Persons: phill magakoe Organizations: Impala, Getty Locations: Rustenburg, South Africa, AFP, JOHANNESBURG, South
☆ Impala Platinum halts work at some S.African mines after 11 workers died
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Impala Platinum (IMPJ.J) said on Tuesday it had temporarily halted operations at its Rustenburg mining complex in South Africa after 11 workers died in an incident at one of its underground shafts. The Johannesburg-based platinum miner said in a statement that 86 workers were involved in the incident at its No. 11 shaft and 75 injured workers had been admitted at four hospitals in the area. The company said all mining operations at the sprawling Rustenburg complex in South Africa's North West province had been suspended on Tuesday. Impala is among South African platinum producers that operate some of the deepest and oldest mining shafts in the world.
Persons: Nico Muller, it's, Felix Njini, Nelson Banya, Kim Coghill, Jamie Freed, Louise Heavens Organizations: Impala, National Union of Mineworkers, Thomson Locations: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa's, West
☆ 11 people died and 75 were injured after an elevator plunged 650 feet at a platinum mine
  + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
11 miners were killed and 75 were injured when an elevator plunged 650 feet at a platinum mine. All 86 people were being brought to the surface when the elevator suddenly plunged. AdvertisementJOHANNESBURG (AP) — An elevator suddenly dropped about 650 feet (200 meters) while carrying workers to the surface in a platinum mine in South Africa, killing 11 and injuring 75, the mine operator said Tuesday. The injured workers were hospitalized. Theron said the elevator dropped about 650 feet (200 meters) down the shaft in what was a highly unusual accident.
Persons: —, Nico Muller, Johan Theron, Theron Organizations: Service, Impala Platinum Holdings Locations: Rustenburg, South Africa, JOHANNESBURG, South
☆ South Africa’s most epic hikes
  + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
Here are nine of South Africa’s best multiday backpacking trails:Otter TrailThe coastal Otter Trail takes in some of South Africa's most beautiful coastline. South African TourismSouth Africa’s oldest (established in 1968) and most celebrated hiking route, the Otter Trail runs along the Eastern Cape coast between Storms River Mouth and Nature’s Valley in Garden Route National Park. South African TourismSummit the legendary Drakensberg escarpment on a vertiginous route that rises high above Thendele Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal province. Distance: About 25 kilometers (16 miles)Time: 2 daysInfo: hikingsouthafrica.co.za/kgaswane-summit-trail/Tsitsikamma TrailThe Garden Route National Park is an advenure sport paradise. Each traverse takes seven to 10 days during the South African spring (September-November).
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