JOHANNESBURG: About 950 gold miners were caught underground in South Africa on Thursday after a power cut, the mine's owner stated, regardless that the workers weren't reported to be in instant threat.
The Sibanye-Stillwater mining company stated an enormous power outage had averted lifts from bringing the night time shift to the surface at the Beatrix gold mine, close to the central city of Welkom.
"We sent rescue teams down, accounted for all the people and obviously are trying to get them out of there as soon as possible," James Wellsted, spokesman for Sibanye-Stillwater, told ENCA television.
"All employees appear to be fine. We are supplying food and water," Wellsted added in a phone message to AFP. About 65 other folks were rescued right through the day, with 950 closing trapped underground by early evening, the company stated.
Wellsted stated that engineers were struggling to get emergency generators to function and re-start the lifts.
"We are busy working on that issue at the moment," he added.
The Beatrix mine is in Free State province, 290 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg.
The Sibanye-Stillwater mining company stated an enormous power outage had averted lifts from bringing the night time shift to the surface at the Beatrix gold mine, close to the central city of Welkom.
"We sent rescue teams down, accounted for all the people and obviously are trying to get them out of there as soon as possible," James Wellsted, spokesman for Sibanye-Stillwater, told ENCA television.
"All employees appear to be fine. We are supplying food and water," Wellsted added in a phone message to AFP. About 65 other folks were rescued right through the day, with 950 closing trapped underground by early evening, the company stated.
Wellsted stated that engineers were struggling to get emergency generators to function and re-start the lifts.
"We are busy working on that issue at the moment," he added.
The Beatrix mine is in Free State province, 290 kilometres southwest of Johannesburg.
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