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AngloGold confirms two dead, six rescued after Mponeng fall-of-ground incident

3rd November 2017

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Two miners have been confirmed dead, with six others rescued at AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine, near Carletonville, following a seismic activity-triggered fall-of-ground incident on Thursday morning.

AngloGold Ashanti on Friday confirmed that the rescue team brought two more workers safely to surface late on Thursday night. They were in a stable condition in hospital.

The fall-of-ground incident had trapped eight workers underground, four of whom were brought to the surface shortly thereafter.

All operations, barring essential services, have been suspended until the mine is declared safe and the investigations have been concluded.

This is less than a month after a similar incident at the mine resulted in two fatalities.

Edited by Creamer Media Reporter

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