SA mine death toll rises to 30 after Angloplat death

Trade union Solidarity on Thursday stated that South Africa’s mining deaths for 2009, had climbed to 30, following accident at platinum producer Anglo Platinum’s Waterval smelter, outside Rustenburg. The latest death occurred after a contract...

Implats reopens Rustenburg shaft after fatal accident

The No 14 shaft that forms part of world number-two platinum producer Impala Platinum's (Implats') Rustenburg operations, was reopened on Monday, after it was shut last week following the death of a mine worker. A worker had died at the shaft on...

Daily podcast – January 12, 2009

In today's podcast: a worker dies at Impala Platinum, in Rustenburg; and Investec cuts its 2009 and 2010 price forecasts for platinum, palladium and rhodium.

Implats closes Rustenburg shaft after mine death

World number-two platinum producer Impala Platinum (Implats) has confirmed that a worker at its Number 14 shaft, in Rustenburg, has died. Implats spokesperson Alice Lourens said that the worker had been part of a team carrying a ventilation pipe,...

M&R Cementation employee killed in Impala mine accident

An employee of Murray & Roberts Cementation died at the weekend following an accident, at a Impala Platinum mine. This brought the death toll in South Africa's mines to 155 for the year.

Another miner dies after Gold Fields mine accident

Gold Fields Ltd said on Wednesday another miner had died following an underground accident at its Driefontein mine. Spokesman Andrew Davidson told Reuters the man died in hospital following Tuesday's rock-fall at Thabelang shaft in which...

Probe into death at Limpopo mine

South African mining company Kumba Resources has launched a probe into the recent death of a contractor at the company’s Thabazimbi mine in the Limpopo Province.