https://www.miningweekly.com

Two miners killed in fall-of-ground at Sibanye’s Kloof mine

7th February 2018

By: Schalk Burger

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

     

Font size: - +

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The bodies of two miners have been recovered from the Ikamva 4 shaft at precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof gold mine.

The miners became trapped after a fall-of-ground incident at 01:30 on Wednesday morning. The company extended condolences to the miners’ families, friends and colleagues.

“Operations in the affected area have been suspended pending an investigation into the incident by Sibanye-Stillwater management together with the Department of Mineral Resources and other relevant stakeholders.”

The fall-of-ground was possibly linked to a seismic event.

The Kloof mine is a complex of intermediate to ultradeep-level mines about 60 km south-west of Johannesburg.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Online Managing Editor

Article Enquiry

Email Article

Save Article

Feedback

To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Showroom

SABAT
SABAT

From batteries for boats and jet skis, to batteries for cars and quad bikes, SABAT Batteries has positioned itself as the lifestyle battery of...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Rittal
Rittal

Rittal is a world leading provider of top-quality integrated systems for enclosures, power distribution, climate control, IT infrastructure and...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.057 1.006s - 128pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now